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Rudolf Nureyev, Galina Ulanova and Mikhail Baryshnikov are world-famous Russian dancers and they all went to the same school - the Vaganova Ballet Academy. Aspiring dancers from Russia and beyond still dream of studying there.
Future ballet stars have perfected their art here for nearly 300 years. To become a professional ballet dancer, you have to start at an early age. Every year, thousands of children head to St. Petersburg to try their luck. Only around 70 are accepted, competition is tough and only the most promising dancers succeed.
Entering the academy is only half the battle. Completing a gruelling eight-year curriculum and living far from your family is much more difficult. Only half the students make it throughout the whole programme. But it can pay off - graduates get the chance to dance with the world’s best companies.
Today is World Ballet Day! Check out Olya's story, along with many other young hopefuls, who really want to become prima ballerinas.
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Future ballet stars have perfected their art here for nearly 300 years. To become a professional ballet dancer, you have to start at an early age. Every year, thousands of children head to St. Petersburg to try their luck. Only around 70 are accepted, competition is tough and only the most promising dancers succeed.
Entering the academy is only half the battle. Completing a gruelling eight-year curriculum and living far from your family is much more difficult. Only half the students make it throughout the whole programme. But it can pay off - graduates get the chance to dance with the world’s best companies.
Today is World Ballet Day! Check out Olya's story, along with many other young hopefuls, who really want to become prima ballerinas.
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From white-collar to freediving champion
#video #Russia
Andrey Matveenko used to be an economist and worked in an office. He has always been into sport, but when he tried freediving, that was it. He quit his accounting job and became a full-time freediver.
Andrey became an instructor and set multiple records by diving deeper than 100 metres. Having conquered warm seas, his friends dared Andrey to try it in cold water, under the ice.
Freediving is challenging in itself, as athletes plunge to great depths while holding their breath. Try doing that when the water is minus 2 degrees Celcius. Andrey took it to a different level and decided to break the world record of 71 metres.
How do you think he did? Find out here.
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#video #Russia
Andrey Matveenko used to be an economist and worked in an office. He has always been into sport, but when he tried freediving, that was it. He quit his accounting job and became a full-time freediver.
Andrey became an instructor and set multiple records by diving deeper than 100 metres. Having conquered warm seas, his friends dared Andrey to try it in cold water, under the ice.
Freediving is challenging in itself, as athletes plunge to great depths while holding their breath. Try doing that when the water is minus 2 degrees Celcius. Andrey took it to a different level and decided to break the world record of 71 metres.
How do you think he did? Find out here.
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The Boy Who Survived
#photo #Syria
Leith was a regular happy boy. He had a mom and dad, brothers and sisters, rode a bike, kissed his mom before bed, and went to the sea with his family. Then, when he was five, he suddenly lost them all.
Terrorists killed everyone. He only survived thanks to his father, who smeared Leith with blood so the murderers would think he was dead. His grandmother saw everyone die in a matter of minutes. She was only left alive so the terrorists could swap her and other women for their own people.
Here are some pictures we took while filming our documentary, Syria: The Story of One Tragedy. Now Leith goes to school and lives with his grandma in a shelter in Homs.
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#photo #Syria
Leith was a regular happy boy. He had a mom and dad, brothers and sisters, rode a bike, kissed his mom before bed, and went to the sea with his family. Then, when he was five, he suddenly lost them all.
Terrorists killed everyone. He only survived thanks to his father, who smeared Leith with blood so the murderers would think he was dead. His grandmother saw everyone die in a matter of minutes. She was only left alive so the terrorists could swap her and other women for their own people.
Here are some pictures we took while filming our documentary, Syria: The Story of One Tragedy. Now Leith goes to school and lives with his grandma in a shelter in Homs.
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#video #UK
Eleven years ago, WikiLeaks released a trove of classified US documents relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The media called it ‘the greatest leak in the history of the US military’. The published materials shed light on how the US and Britain ignored prisoner abuse, as well as civilian deaths.
As of today, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is incarcerated in the UK. The US government is seeking to extradite him to face espionage charges.
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Eleven years ago, WikiLeaks released a trove of classified US documents relating to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The media called it ‘the greatest leak in the history of the US military’. The published materials shed light on how the US and Britain ignored prisoner abuse, as well as civilian deaths.
As of today, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is incarcerated in the UK. The US government is seeking to extradite him to face espionage charges.
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Raised by the Streets
#video #Congo
They are only 15-17 years old, but they steal, do drugs, and terrorise their neighbours. Youth gangs are running rampant in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The delinquents are called Kuluna.
Kuluna gangs exist in almost every Congolese city. Each group claims their own turf and fights other gangs for respect. They make money from racketeering, fencing stolen goods, and running small businesses. According to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Kuluna gangs are often affiliated with local police.
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#video #Congo
They are only 15-17 years old, but they steal, do drugs, and terrorise their neighbours. Youth gangs are running rampant in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The delinquents are called Kuluna.
Kuluna gangs exist in almost every Congolese city. Each group claims their own turf and fights other gangs for respect. They make money from racketeering, fencing stolen goods, and running small businesses. According to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Kuluna gangs are often affiliated with local police.
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North Korea’s cult of personality
#video #NorthKorea
What happens when Kim Jong-un visits a North Korean school?
Right, everything he comes in contact with becomes an exhibition item. We try to delve into Kim’s bizarre cult of personality in this short episode from our documentary about life in the world’s most isolated country.
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#video #NorthKorea
What happens when Kim Jong-un visits a North Korean school?
Right, everything he comes in contact with becomes an exhibition item. We try to delve into Kim’s bizarre cult of personality in this short episode from our documentary about life in the world’s most isolated country.
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Deadly Vapes
#video #USA
Can vaping kill you? Sixty-eight people have died from a vaping-related lung disease called EVALI in the US alone. Nearly 3,000 cases have been reported since 2019. Alex from Provo, Utah, was lucky not to die. He spent three terrifying weeks on life support. His lungs failed after he tried a new vape juice. Alex’s parents thought he was on his deathbed.
Now Alex and his family want his case to become a cautionary tale, as some 1.5 million people are taking up vaping in the US every year. While health experts are trying to determine what exactly causes the illness, vape proponents still claim it’s less harmful than smoking tobacco and helps smokers quit.
What’s true and what’s myth about vaping? We talked to Alex, his family, vape proponents, and health officials to find out more. Check out our YouTube for a new documentary that’s premiering right now!
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#video #USA
Can vaping kill you? Sixty-eight people have died from a vaping-related lung disease called EVALI in the US alone. Nearly 3,000 cases have been reported since 2019. Alex from Provo, Utah, was lucky not to die. He spent three terrifying weeks on life support. His lungs failed after he tried a new vape juice. Alex’s parents thought he was on his deathbed.
Now Alex and his family want his case to become a cautionary tale, as some 1.5 million people are taking up vaping in the US every year. While health experts are trying to determine what exactly causes the illness, vape proponents still claim it’s less harmful than smoking tobacco and helps smokers quit.
What’s true and what’s myth about vaping? We talked to Alex, his family, vape proponents, and health officials to find out more. Check out our YouTube for a new documentary that’s premiering right now!
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What’s your take on vape? 💨
Anonymous Poll
7%
I vape, it’s totally safe
10%
Vape? Ew, no
18%
I smoke cigarettes
3%
I quit vaping
62%
I neither smoke nor vape
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Why coca is king for Colombian farmers
Colombia is the world’s largest producer of coca, the primary ingredient in cocaine. It’s a multi-billion-dollar industry, but rural coca growers don’t reap the rewards. For them, harvesting coca leaf is the only way to put food on the table.
In 2016, a historic peace deal between the government and the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) pledged to provide rural farmers with legal alternative crops and subsidies. These promises have failed to materialize, however. The crop substitution payments don’t reach farmers, while armed groups battle openly for control, and aerial fumigation destroys the environment and endangers peoples’ health.
Sandwiched between the government, armed groups, and poverty, Colombian farmers keep growing coca and come out to protest. In the meantime, the coca crop area in Columbia expanded in 2020. Check out our documentary about Colombian farmers struggling to give up the illegal plant.
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Colombia is the world’s largest producer of coca, the primary ingredient in cocaine. It’s a multi-billion-dollar industry, but rural coca growers don’t reap the rewards. For them, harvesting coca leaf is the only way to put food on the table.
In 2016, a historic peace deal between the government and the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) pledged to provide rural farmers with legal alternative crops and subsidies. These promises have failed to materialize, however. The crop substitution payments don’t reach farmers, while armed groups battle openly for control, and aerial fumigation destroys the environment and endangers peoples’ health.
Sandwiched between the government, armed groups, and poverty, Colombian farmers keep growing coca and come out to protest. In the meantime, the coca crop area in Columbia expanded in 2020. Check out our documentary about Colombian farmers struggling to give up the illegal plant.
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#video #Iraq
Hicham al-Zahabi has witnessed wars, America’s invasion of Iraq, and the rise of Islamic State. He’s seen what happens after children lose their families and homes in tragic events like these. ‘Most of them were sniffing acetone. They were wearing rags, and their hair was matted,’ the Baghdad resident says.
Hicham started working with street kids in 2003. He first took in four street boys to live with his family. From there, his concern has grown into the Iraqi Safe House for Creativity, where children can feel safe and find a hobby. Dozens of boys have gone through Hicham’s orphanage over the years.
Muqtada was brought to Hicham’s orphanage by his mother, who’s afraid he’s spending too much time on the streets. Check out the full documentary to find out more about Hicham’s mission and the boys he’s raising.
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Hicham al-Zahabi has witnessed wars, America’s invasion of Iraq, and the rise of Islamic State. He’s seen what happens after children lose their families and homes in tragic events like these. ‘Most of them were sniffing acetone. They were wearing rags, and their hair was matted,’ the Baghdad resident says.
Hicham started working with street kids in 2003. He first took in four street boys to live with his family. From there, his concern has grown into the Iraqi Safe House for Creativity, where children can feel safe and find a hobby. Dozens of boys have gone through Hicham’s orphanage over the years.
Muqtada was brought to Hicham’s orphanage by his mother, who’s afraid he’s spending too much time on the streets. Check out the full documentary to find out more about Hicham’s mission and the boys he’s raising.
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The church that Don Justo built
#video #Spain
For 60 years, Justo Gallego Martinez has been building his own cathedral. He’s 96 years old and has devoted most of his life to the DIY church. According to Don Justo, he’s had no blueprint or even drawings in mind. He’s been relying on proportions and intuition. Materials he uses in the construction are scavenged or donated. That’s why it’s sometimes called a ‘garbage cathedral’.
Some consider Don Justo a saint, others say he’s crazy. He started the construction after tuberculosis forced him to leave a Trappist order. The former monk has since devoted his life and much of a family inheritance to the cathedral. He’s never been married and eventually fell out with his relatives.
Don Justo’s cathedral won’t be completed during his lifetime. And its future is uncertain since the creator has never building approval from the city authorities. Make sure you check out Don Justo’s chaotic, yet impressive work in our documentary.
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#video #Spain
For 60 years, Justo Gallego Martinez has been building his own cathedral. He’s 96 years old and has devoted most of his life to the DIY church. According to Don Justo, he’s had no blueprint or even drawings in mind. He’s been relying on proportions and intuition. Materials he uses in the construction are scavenged or donated. That’s why it’s sometimes called a ‘garbage cathedral’.
Some consider Don Justo a saint, others say he’s crazy. He started the construction after tuberculosis forced him to leave a Trappist order. The former monk has since devoted his life and much of a family inheritance to the cathedral. He’s never been married and eventually fell out with his relatives.
Don Justo’s cathedral won’t be completed during his lifetime. And its future is uncertain since the creator has never building approval from the city authorities. Make sure you check out Don Justo’s chaotic, yet impressive work in our documentary.
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Afghan overdose
#photo #Afghanistan
Opium poppies have been cultivated in Afghanistan for centuries. It's now the world’s largest opium producer, providing more than 80% of the world’s supply. The opium poppy is the main precursor to drugs like heroin, morphine, and codeine.
When the Taliban seized power, they vowed to ban poppy farming. Raw opium has tripled in price since. Smugglers pay up to $146 per kilogram compared to $43 before the Taliban takeover.
The UN estimates that the opium trade accounts for almost 11% of Afghanistan’s GDP. Poppies are one of the few cash crops available to Afghan farmers. Locals claim that there is no legal crop that can replace the income from growing poppies, and say they will die of starvation.
These photos are from six years ago, when an RT Documentary crew travelled to film the blooming poppy fields and the failing battle against narcotics production.
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#photo #Afghanistan
Opium poppies have been cultivated in Afghanistan for centuries. It's now the world’s largest opium producer, providing more than 80% of the world’s supply. The opium poppy is the main precursor to drugs like heroin, morphine, and codeine.
When the Taliban seized power, they vowed to ban poppy farming. Raw opium has tripled in price since. Smugglers pay up to $146 per kilogram compared to $43 before the Taliban takeover.
The UN estimates that the opium trade accounts for almost 11% of Afghanistan’s GDP. Poppies are one of the few cash crops available to Afghan farmers. Locals claim that there is no legal crop that can replace the income from growing poppies, and say they will die of starvation.
These photos are from six years ago, when an RT Documentary crew travelled to film the blooming poppy fields and the failing battle against narcotics production.
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KremlinMobile
#video #Russia
Aurus is Vladimir Putin’s state-of-the-art presidential car. It was designed especially for the Russian president and produced in a record five years – a strikingly short period for such a large project.
It was a real challenge to create automobile #1 from scratch and make it just in time for Vladimir Putin’s inauguration in May 2018. To meet this challenge and create a true masterpiece of the automobile industry, the project team used the experience of renowned national and foreign carmakers, cutting-edge technology like 3D printing, as well as knotty marketing schemes.
How did they make it?
RT Documentary reveals the secrets of Vladimir Putin’s presidential garage.
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#video #Russia
Aurus is Vladimir Putin’s state-of-the-art presidential car. It was designed especially for the Russian president and produced in a record five years – a strikingly short period for such a large project.
It was a real challenge to create automobile #1 from scratch and make it just in time for Vladimir Putin’s inauguration in May 2018. To meet this challenge and create a true masterpiece of the automobile industry, the project team used the experience of renowned national and foreign carmakers, cutting-edge technology like 3D printing, as well as knotty marketing schemes.
How did they make it?
RT Documentary reveals the secrets of Vladimir Putin’s presidential garage.
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French Gypsies vs immigrant Gypsies
#video #France
In France, Gypsies are known as the ‘gens du voyage’, or 'the people who travel'. The term was coined in an effort to fight anti-Gypsy prejudice. “I think our community is the most hated in the world,” says Henoc Cortes Lopez, a French Gypsy rapper. French Gypsies also fear their traditional nomadic lifestyle is being threatened. In 2018, France passed a law that prohibits spontaneous encampments.
An influx of Romas from Eastern Europe has proved to be another headache for French ‘gens du voyage’. They say newcomers seeking refugee status and welfare rights are only feeding into the anti-Gypsy stereotype. Are their worries justified? Take a look inside a Moldovan Roma camp near Paris with us and don’t forget to watch the full documentary.
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#video #France
In France, Gypsies are known as the ‘gens du voyage’, or 'the people who travel'. The term was coined in an effort to fight anti-Gypsy prejudice. “I think our community is the most hated in the world,” says Henoc Cortes Lopez, a French Gypsy rapper. French Gypsies also fear their traditional nomadic lifestyle is being threatened. In 2018, France passed a law that prohibits spontaneous encampments.
An influx of Romas from Eastern Europe has proved to be another headache for French ‘gens du voyage’. They say newcomers seeking refugee status and welfare rights are only feeding into the anti-Gypsy stereotype. Are their worries justified? Take a look inside a Moldovan Roma camp near Paris with us and don’t forget to watch the full documentary.
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