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#video #India
Jharia lies at the heart of India’s largest coalfield. Toxic fumes rise from the ground, and coal fires burn around the clock. They suffocate locals and can consume entire houses at any moment, but thousands of locals don’t leave.
Learn more about Jharia’s hellish coalfields and why people stay in our documentary, Inferno Village.
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Jharia lies at the heart of India’s largest coalfield. Toxic fumes rise from the ground, and coal fires burn around the clock. They suffocate locals and can consume entire houses at any moment, but thousands of locals don’t leave.
Learn more about Jharia’s hellish coalfields and why people stay in our documentary, Inferno Village.
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Eden for the Homeless
#video #USA
Rows of tiny, colourfully painted houses make Eden Village look like an exemplary community. It's a home for the long-term homeless. Residents of Eden Village have to follow a strict no-drug, no-crime policy. Locals hang on to their community because it's their first permanent home for a long time. Eden Village provides homes for the homeless with disabilities.
Over half a million Americans sleep rough, and millions more are one paycheck away from becoming homeless. Jean hadn't had a roof over her head for a long time, but she finally got keys from her new house in Eden Village. Unfortunately, there are only 31 houses available, and there's a long waiting list.
Why was Jean lucky? Watch our new documentary, Eden for the Homeless, right now to find out. https://youtu.be/zyR5ti5vlPg
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#video #USA
Rows of tiny, colourfully painted houses make Eden Village look like an exemplary community. It's a home for the long-term homeless. Residents of Eden Village have to follow a strict no-drug, no-crime policy. Locals hang on to their community because it's their first permanent home for a long time. Eden Village provides homes for the homeless with disabilities.
Over half a million Americans sleep rough, and millions more are one paycheck away from becoming homeless. Jean hadn't had a roof over her head for a long time, but she finally got keys from her new house in Eden Village. Unfortunately, there are only 31 houses available, and there's a long waiting list.
Why was Jean lucky? Watch our new documentary, Eden for the Homeless, right now to find out. https://youtu.be/zyR5ti5vlPg
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#photo #Honduras
This woman kills for a living. She’s an assassin in one of the gangs in San Pedro Sula, once known as the most dangerous city in the world with the highest murder rate. RT Documentary’s Natalya Karachkova interviewed her during a trip to Honduras.
She had to kill three people in a week to become a gang member, which she joined when she was only 12. During the interview, she put a gun between her legs to have quick access to it just in case.
Members of the gang like her don’t get paid. Everything she gets has to be brought to the boss, who distributes it among the gang members. If you’d like to learn more about the criminal gangs in Honduras, subscribe to our channel on Telegram and YouTube. You’ll be the first to find out about the film premiere ;)
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This woman kills for a living. She’s an assassin in one of the gangs in San Pedro Sula, once known as the most dangerous city in the world with the highest murder rate. RT Documentary’s Natalya Karachkova interviewed her during a trip to Honduras.
She had to kill three people in a week to become a gang member, which she joined when she was only 12. During the interview, she put a gun between her legs to have quick access to it just in case.
Members of the gang like her don’t get paid. Everything she gets has to be brought to the boss, who distributes it among the gang members. If you’d like to learn more about the criminal gangs in Honduras, subscribe to our channel on Telegram and YouTube. You’ll be the first to find out about the film premiere ;)
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Living in a Faraday cage
#video #USA
For Sue, mobile phones, WiFi routers, radio, TVs and other devices are a silent killer. Sue lives with electromagnetic hypersensitivity, a mystery illness linked to technology. Sue built a Faraday cage to block manufactured radiation. She missed her daughter’s graduation because she couldn’t travel far from her ‘silver room’.
Her symptoms include headaches, nausea, a burning sensation on the skin and a metallic taste in the mouth. There’s no cure, and only distancing yourself from electronic devices can alleviate the pain. Sue is not alone. More and more people around the world claim they have the same condition.
Have you ever heard of the hypersensitivity to electromagnetic fields? Is technology killing us, or does this illness even exist? For more, check out our documentary, WiFi Refugees.
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#video #USA
For Sue, mobile phones, WiFi routers, radio, TVs and other devices are a silent killer. Sue lives with electromagnetic hypersensitivity, a mystery illness linked to technology. Sue built a Faraday cage to block manufactured radiation. She missed her daughter’s graduation because she couldn’t travel far from her ‘silver room’.
Her symptoms include headaches, nausea, a burning sensation on the skin and a metallic taste in the mouth. There’s no cure, and only distancing yourself from electronic devices can alleviate the pain. Sue is not alone. More and more people around the world claim they have the same condition.
Have you ever heard of the hypersensitivity to electromagnetic fields? Is technology killing us, or does this illness even exist? For more, check out our documentary, WiFi Refugees.
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#photo #India
On this day, 74 years ago, Mahatma Gandhi was fatally shot in Delhi. A Hindu zealot killed India’s most revered leader. A year before Gandhi’s assassination, India won its independence from Britain but was partitioned into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.
Religious violence immediately broke out. Gandhi appealed for peace by fasting and praying. Gandhi’s killer, Nathuram Godse, accused the ‘Father of the Nation’ of having betrayed Hindus by being too tolerant to Muslims and blamed the bloodshed on Gandhi.
To learn more about Gandhi’s life and legacy, check out our documentary.
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On this day, 74 years ago, Mahatma Gandhi was fatally shot in Delhi. A Hindu zealot killed India’s most revered leader. A year before Gandhi’s assassination, India won its independence from Britain but was partitioned into Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan.
Religious violence immediately broke out. Gandhi appealed for peace by fasting and praying. Gandhi’s killer, Nathuram Godse, accused the ‘Father of the Nation’ of having betrayed Hindus by being too tolerant to Muslims and blamed the bloodshed on Gandhi.
To learn more about Gandhi’s life and legacy, check out our documentary.
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Don’t sell me, mama!
#video #Afghanistan
Afghanistan is considered to have the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. There is virtually no economy, while the local currency is rapidly losing its value. According to various estimates, about two million families are economic migrants.
This is why many parents in Afghanistan are forced to consider selling their daughters to survive. The average price ranges from $1,500 to $2,000, but this is a lot for people deep in debt earning an occasional dollar a day. They say that they will starve and freeze to death if they don't do it.
Boys are not up for sale because they can be valuable in the parental home, but girls are given away and married off very often still underaged. Unfortunately, girls don't have a say in the matter of selling.
Tune in for the premiere of Don't Sell Me, Mama on RT Documentary.
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#video #Afghanistan
Afghanistan is considered to have the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. There is virtually no economy, while the local currency is rapidly losing its value. According to various estimates, about two million families are economic migrants.
This is why many parents in Afghanistan are forced to consider selling their daughters to survive. The average price ranges from $1,500 to $2,000, but this is a lot for people deep in debt earning an occasional dollar a day. They say that they will starve and freeze to death if they don't do it.
Boys are not up for sale because they can be valuable in the parental home, but girls are given away and married off very often still underaged. Unfortunately, girls don't have a say in the matter of selling.
Tune in for the premiere of Don't Sell Me, Mama on RT Documentary.
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The Year of the Tiger 🐅 🎉
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Happy Lunar New Year! 2022 marks the Year of the Tiger, third in the 12-animal Chinese zodiac cycle. The holiday, widely known as the Chinese New Year, isn’t celebrated just in China. It’s also observed in South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Buddhist regions of Russia.
This beautiful animal is featured in our documentary, Freed to Wild, about how Amur tigers are protected in Russia.
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Happy Lunar New Year! 2022 marks the Year of the Tiger, third in the 12-animal Chinese zodiac cycle. The holiday, widely known as the Chinese New Year, isn’t celebrated just in China. It’s also observed in South Korea, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Buddhist regions of Russia.
This beautiful animal is featured in our documentary, Freed to Wild, about how Amur tigers are protected in Russia.
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#video #Afghanistan
After the Taliban takeover in August 2021, life in Afghanistan changed drastically. The former government fled the country, and sharia law was imposed. As a result, creative people, like artists, musicians, singers, practically became outlaws and struggled to find their place under constant threats.
Abbas Alizada, whose story was told in the RT Documentary’s film Dragon of Afghanistan, couldn’t leave the country and now has to hide and change his appearance, so the Taliban doesn’t recognise him.
Musicians are having just as hard a time. Under the Taliban, playing music was pronounced ungodly, and musicians were deemed sinners. Singer Aryana Sayeed would have been killed by the Taliban for her art and especially for daring to practice it since she was a woman. Instead, she escaped Afghanistan on a USAF plane the day after Kabul fell.
How do the arts survive under the Taliban? Tune in for the premiere of Afghan Déjà Vu on RT Documentary
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After the Taliban takeover in August 2021, life in Afghanistan changed drastically. The former government fled the country, and sharia law was imposed. As a result, creative people, like artists, musicians, singers, practically became outlaws and struggled to find their place under constant threats.
Abbas Alizada, whose story was told in the RT Documentary’s film Dragon of Afghanistan, couldn’t leave the country and now has to hide and change his appearance, so the Taliban doesn’t recognise him.
Musicians are having just as hard a time. Under the Taliban, playing music was pronounced ungodly, and musicians were deemed sinners. Singer Aryana Sayeed would have been killed by the Taliban for her art and especially for daring to practice it since she was a woman. Instead, she escaped Afghanistan on a USAF plane the day after Kabul fell.
How do the arts survive under the Taliban? Tune in for the premiere of Afghan Déjà Vu on RT Documentary
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#video #Japan
Good thing January is over. It’s commonly considered the most depressing month of the year. But for many Japanese students, stress is permanent.
For example, Ryoji Tani was constantly bullied at school and pressured at home. ‘I was raised in an environment where my personality didn’t exist; it was missing’, he says. As a result, Ryoji suffered from a nervous tic and constant stress until he decided not to go to school anymore one day.
In Japan, there is even a term for children who refuse to go to school - futoko. But quitting school had a long-term consequence for Ryoji. He withdrew from society and shut himself away in his room for eight years. Social recluses like Ryoji are known as hikikomori.
Learn more stories of Japanese hikikomori in our documentary here.
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Good thing January is over. It’s commonly considered the most depressing month of the year. But for many Japanese students, stress is permanent.
For example, Ryoji Tani was constantly bullied at school and pressured at home. ‘I was raised in an environment where my personality didn’t exist; it was missing’, he says. As a result, Ryoji suffered from a nervous tic and constant stress until he decided not to go to school anymore one day.
In Japan, there is even a term for children who refuse to go to school - futoko. But quitting school had a long-term consequence for Ryoji. He withdrew from society and shut himself away in his room for eight years. Social recluses like Ryoji are known as hikikomori.
Learn more stories of Japanese hikikomori in our documentary here.
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#video #China
Liu Heng is a talented Chinese percussionist who can make any object sound like a musical instrument. Besides experimenting with sounds and composition, Liu Heng is the principal percussionist in Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, the largest theatre in Asia.
Young Chinese artists talk about their works in the new episode of, This is China.
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Liu Heng is a talented Chinese percussionist who can make any object sound like a musical instrument. Besides experimenting with sounds and composition, Liu Heng is the principal percussionist in Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, the largest theatre in Asia.
Young Chinese artists talk about their works in the new episode of, This is China.
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AristoCats of the Hermitage 🐈
#video #Russia
Did you know that one of the world’s largest and most prestigious museums, the Hermitage, has a ‘cat house’? About 65 cats live in the Winter Palace basement, the former Russian Tsars’ official residence and the Hermitage Museum.
The furry museum workers are on mice-catching duty. They’ve been keeping over three million artworks, including Rembrandt, Michelangelo and Van Gogh, safe from mice.
The museum first opened its doors to the public on this day in 1852. Have you ever been to the Hermitage? If not, watch our documentary, Secret Hermitage Helpers.
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#video #Russia
Did you know that one of the world’s largest and most prestigious museums, the Hermitage, has a ‘cat house’? About 65 cats live in the Winter Palace basement, the former Russian Tsars’ official residence and the Hermitage Museum.
The furry museum workers are on mice-catching duty. They’ve been keeping over three million artworks, including Rembrandt, Michelangelo and Van Gogh, safe from mice.
The museum first opened its doors to the public on this day in 1852. Have you ever been to the Hermitage? If not, watch our documentary, Secret Hermitage Helpers.
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The Dyatlov Pass incident is still unsolved
#video #USSR
On February 1-2, 1959, a group of Soviet hikers died mysteriously in the remote Ural mountains. Their frozen bodies were found scattered hundreds of metres away from their tents. Undressed, their bodies had broken ribs, fractured skulls, burns and scratches.
An investigation concluded the group led by Igor Dyatlov was killed by an ‘overwhelming force’, driving some incredible theories. In 2020, the Prosecutor’s Office said an avalanche led to the deaths. Still, many remain sceptical.
Check out this video for more details about one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.
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#video #USSR
On February 1-2, 1959, a group of Soviet hikers died mysteriously in the remote Ural mountains. Their frozen bodies were found scattered hundreds of metres away from their tents. Undressed, their bodies had broken ribs, fractured skulls, burns and scratches.
An investigation concluded the group led by Igor Dyatlov was killed by an ‘overwhelming force’, driving some incredible theories. In 2020, the Prosecutor’s Office said an avalanche led to the deaths. Still, many remain sceptical.
Check out this video for more details about one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.
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This week is going to rock!! Or is it going to be nice and slow? You decide 😉
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Baikal Babushka
#video #Russia
Lyubov is a true Siberian. She lives alone on Olkhon Island, taking care of her cattle. Lyubov gets water from an ice hole and skates on her rusty ice skates. She prefers her old-fashioned blades attached to valenki to modern ones.
Lyubov lives up to her last name, which translates as ‘walking on the sea’. Watch her uplifting story in our documentary, Baikal Babushka.
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#video #Russia
Lyubov is a true Siberian. She lives alone on Olkhon Island, taking care of her cattle. Lyubov gets water from an ice hole and skates on her rusty ice skates. She prefers her old-fashioned blades attached to valenki to modern ones.
Lyubov lives up to her last name, which translates as ‘walking on the sea’. Watch her uplifting story in our documentary, Baikal Babushka.
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Syrian Tango 💃
#video #Syria
Is there something you’d like to do, but something is holding you back? Rawnak from Latakia dares to dance despite conservative attitudes in Syrian society. Even though many frown upon their activities, she and her dance group organise flash mobs on the city streets. But Rawnak insists they have to do what they like.
This piece is from our documentary, Syrian Tango, about artists reviving the artistic scene in Syria.
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#video #Syria
Is there something you’d like to do, but something is holding you back? Rawnak from Latakia dares to dance despite conservative attitudes in Syrian society. Even though many frown upon their activities, she and her dance group organise flash mobs on the city streets. But Rawnak insists they have to do what they like.
This piece is from our documentary, Syrian Tango, about artists reviving the artistic scene in Syria.
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Smallpox epidemic in Moscow
#epidemic #moscow #smallpox
In 1960, Moscow could have been wiped out by a major smallpox epidemic. The virus was brought by Aleksey Kokorekin, a Soviet artist. He visited India, a country known for an unstable epidemic situation, and took home the carpet belonging to the deceased Brahmin as a souvenir. When he felt sick a few days after arriving home, neither he nor the doctors suspected smallpox. A hospital receptionist was just laughed at for suggesting it. Kokorekin got worse and died a few days later.
When other patients at the hospital started having the same symptoms, doctors revisited the smallpox idea only to realise the receptionist was right. They managed to prevent a national tragedy and defeat the virus in just six weeks.
Today, such a tragedy is not going to happen. The smallpox virus had been uprooted from the planet in 1980 during a massive smallpox eradication initiative by doctors worldwide.
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#epidemic #moscow #smallpox
In 1960, Moscow could have been wiped out by a major smallpox epidemic. The virus was brought by Aleksey Kokorekin, a Soviet artist. He visited India, a country known for an unstable epidemic situation, and took home the carpet belonging to the deceased Brahmin as a souvenir. When he felt sick a few days after arriving home, neither he nor the doctors suspected smallpox. A hospital receptionist was just laughed at for suggesting it. Kokorekin got worse and died a few days later.
When other patients at the hospital started having the same symptoms, doctors revisited the smallpox idea only to realise the receptionist was right. They managed to prevent a national tragedy and defeat the virus in just six weeks.
Today, such a tragedy is not going to happen. The smallpox virus had been uprooted from the planet in 1980 during a massive smallpox eradication initiative by doctors worldwide.
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Make farming great again 🚜
#video #China
Farming is cool! Rita Zhu shows an idyllic life in the Chinese countryside, growing edible flowers, crops and vegetables. She’s an installation artist who chose a farm as her canvas. Art, agriculture and food combined make Rita’s farm an attraction for Shanghai residents who want to reconnect with nature. There’s even a term in Chinese - xiangchou, which means ‘longing for the countryside’.
Visit Rita’s farm in the new episode of, This is China. Do you sometimes wish to live closer to nature? 🌿
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#video #China
Farming is cool! Rita Zhu shows an idyllic life in the Chinese countryside, growing edible flowers, crops and vegetables. She’s an installation artist who chose a farm as her canvas. Art, agriculture and food combined make Rita’s farm an attraction for Shanghai residents who want to reconnect with nature. There’s even a term in Chinese - xiangchou, which means ‘longing for the countryside’.
Visit Rita’s farm in the new episode of, This is China. Do you sometimes wish to live closer to nature? 🌿
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#photo #Bolivia
This is the Chambi family from Bolivia. Eric, his wife and children, work as saleros or salt gatherers. Eric rides his old pickup truck to get salt blocks. He’s been collecting them for three years to build a small hotel. After a few thousand salt blocks, Eric finally opened his business in December 2019.
Instead of a new start of not having to chop salt from the earth’s crust under the scorching sun, the Covid pandemic struck. Not a single tourist has stayed at Eric’s hotel since March 2020. Eric keeps coming to the salt flats to bring more salt blocks in his truck. Sometimes, his family keeps him company.
RT Documentary’s Pavel Baydikov and Artyom Vorobey are in Bolivia, shooting a new documentary about saleros. Stay tuned for the premiere and subscribe to our channel not to miss anything.
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This is the Chambi family from Bolivia. Eric, his wife and children, work as saleros or salt gatherers. Eric rides his old pickup truck to get salt blocks. He’s been collecting them for three years to build a small hotel. After a few thousand salt blocks, Eric finally opened his business in December 2019.
Instead of a new start of not having to chop salt from the earth’s crust under the scorching sun, the Covid pandemic struck. Not a single tourist has stayed at Eric’s hotel since March 2020. Eric keeps coming to the salt flats to bring more salt blocks in his truck. Sometimes, his family keeps him company.
RT Documentary’s Pavel Baydikov and Artyom Vorobey are in Bolivia, shooting a new documentary about saleros. Stay tuned for the premiere and subscribe to our channel not to miss anything.
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