Even today, slavery persists in Bangladesh’s brick factories; millions work hard to make bricks by hand. As Bangladesh is rapidly urbanising, the high demand for affordable building materials is driving brick production. There are thought to be around 10…

The Citarum River in Indonesia is known as the world’s dirtiest river. It’s the main waterway for 20 million people living along its banks. Toxic wastewater from hundreds of factories, household trash and sewage, have turned the river into a giant septic…

According to a World Health Organisation report, a third of the world’s population lives without access to proper toilets. This causes natural water reserves to become contaminated with human waste, which in turn causes disease. India is just one of many…

After the legitimate authorities in Kiev was overthrown, Donbass residents faced heavy bombings by the Ukrainian military. Notwithstanding, the locals stood their ground, forming a militia to protect their homeland. Now, nine years later, with Russian support…

‘The RT logo is my weapon,’ says Joelle Maroun, an RT Arabic correspondent. For the journalists of one of the largest news channels in the world, this is not just a job, but their entire life. For all these years, they have been offering an alternative perspective…

PTSD – post-traumatic stress disorder – affects many soldiers after they return from war. Severe concussions, the loss of comrades, and the brutal realities of combat leave lasting psychological wounds. How can those who have lived through war overcome this…

Esteban Quispe Churata is a self-taught inventor from Bolivia. He creates robots from scrap, including a real-life Wall-E from Pixar’s animated film. Esteban collects electrical wires, metal sheets and other e-waste from a local rubbish dump. In his native…

From daring missions from locating enemy’s firing positions to the everyday battles, the Storm Cossack Battalion «Crimea» fearlessly navigates the frontlines. The fighters hold the strategic town of Vasilyevka in Zaporozhye. To capture the Cossacks’ daily…

Sasha, an American with Russian roots, continues her journey across Russia and is heading to Khakassia. The wilderness of this Siberian region remains largely untouched, and nomadic traditions are re-emerging in modern life. Here, air, water, earth, and fire…

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó is the guest on the new episode of ‘The Sanchez Effect.’Discussing Hungary's role in the European Union and the world, Szijjártó said that Budapest is under pressure from Western countries with larger budgets and…

Elena сame to Mongolia for a short business trip and never left. Her daughter now studies Mongolian and attends local children’s clubs. Like many others who relocate, Elena’s family observe both Russian and Mongolian customs and traditions. What attracts…

Thousands of foreign mercenaries sign contracts with Ukraine’s armed forces, intent on making money off death. They are recruited via Ukrainian embassies and intermediaries operating around the world. The fighters themselves describe their tours as a ‘safari’…

In 2015 Vittorio-Nicola Rangeloni, a journalist from Italy, went to Lugansk. Surprisingly, he found out that the way Italian media described the Donbass conflict had nothing in common with what Vittorio witnessed in Ukraine. Since then, he’s been reporting…

On March 11th 2011, a deadly earthquake hit Japan. A 15-metre tidal wave triggered by the earthquake flooded the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station’s cooling system, shutting it down. Levels of radioactivity in the area skyrocketed. The authorities evacuated…

In 2014, «Banda Bassotti,» a renowned Italian punk rock band, started the «Anti-Fascist Caravan.» Over the past decade, they have been fighting to end the genocide in Donbass. People from many EU countries and South America have joined their cause.Every year…

American Tofurious Crane travels to southern Russia, to Rostov-on-DonIn the village of Starocherkasskaya, families carefully preserve the relics of their ancestors and honour Cossack traditions. One of these is ‘The first mount’. When a boy turns 3-4 years…

A chum is a mobile home made from reindeer hides that is used by the indigenous people of Russia’s Far North. It has a simple design, tested by generations. The tent-like structure has to be easy to set up and move because this nomadic people has to change…

For Russian do-it-yourself mavens only sky seems to be the limit. Making a gun from scrap metal or installing Microsoft Windows in a Soviet car - these guys can show you how. For many of them, blogging about their DIY projects is just a hobby. Them have respectable…

In 2000, Russian dancers Vladimir Bogatyryov and Galina Kravchenko founded the Bolshoi Ballet School in the Brazilian city of Joinville. Here, Russian instructors teach children from across Brazil. For youngsters from underprivileged families, the training…

After moving to Russia in 1992, John Kopiski, a former London coal and steel trader, found more than just a place to call home, he found his true calling. These days, John Yanovich, as he prefers to be called, runs a dairy farm with more than 4,000 cows some…

Lalit’s face and body are covered with hair; it’s the result of a genetic disorder. The condition is called werewolf syndrome and it is extremely rare - only 50-60 people in the world have it. Though its nature has been defined as genetic, which gene exactly…