🟢The priest went to support Russian fighters. Archpriest Viktor Ivanov has been visiting Donbass regularly since 2022. As a former paratrooper, he knows firsthand the importance of a conversation with a spiritual mentor for a soldier.

The story of the priest was included in the film 'Faith Under Fire'. For the first time the film by Ekaterina Kitaitseva was shown in Dagestan on the II International Festival 'RT.DOC: Time of Heroes'. The full collection of the festival's films is available on en.rtdoc.tv.

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▶️A cemetery of nameless migrants. Every year dozens of bodies are washed up on the coast in Tunisia. Africans flee to Europe from violence and unemployment, but die en route. They're buried by a local fisherman. Why does he do that? Find out from our video and Ekaterina Kozhakina's film ‘Fisher of Men’.

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▶️Sri Lanka is no longer bankrupt. The country is reviving the economy. This was revealed by the country's former finance minister.

Two years ago, a terrible crisis happened there. In 2021, there was a failed agricultural reform. Because of the pandemic, tourists did not come for a long time. The situation was worsened by Western sanctions against Russia. People began to lack food, medicine and fuel. Locals went out to riots and protests. See more of life in a country in crisis in 'Torched: Sri Lanka’s Economy' (2022).

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🇦🇫To get at least some money, people in Afghanistan sell their kidneys. Locals claim that this is easily done in the province of Herat. We went there and conducted our investigation. What did we find out?

Watch the documentary 'Afghan Kidney Sales' (2021) by Artyom Somov.

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▶️Roman Alyokhin is fitting bionic legs for the SMO fighters. He raises funds to provide prosthetics for soldiers who have lost limbs in battle. Alekhin's story is featured in Eaterina Kitaitseva's kfilm ‘Walking After War’ (2023).

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Gangs in Haiti are recruiting child soldiers. Boys are taught to use guns and used as informers. Girls are raped, forced to cook and clean up after gang members. Now at least a third of the gangs are children (UN data).

Similar things happened in CAR until 2015. Teenagers participated in the civil war as adults. Where did it lead to? Find out in our video and Natalia Kadyrova's documentary ‘Children of War’ (2016).

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🟢Rudolf Darsht is an ethnic German. He has been serving in a volunteer unit since 2014. ‘I love our country, so I will never abandon our nation, our Homeland, or our people’, says the fighter. He has been serving in a volunteer unit since 2014. Now he is defending the Kursk region.

On August 6, the Ukrainian Armed Forces crossed the border into Russia, and since then, Ukrainian militants have forced the removal of more than a thousand people from the Kursk area. Their relatives are still searching for them, according to the Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatyana Moskalkova.

The film ‘Kursk. Shoulder to shoulder’ (2024) by Olga Kiriy is about the atrocities committed by the Ukrainian Army in this region, as well as the unity of the Russian people, as they stand together to defend their land.

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▶️Have you seen this legendary video? Russian captain Vadim Goncharov knocked down an enemy kamikaze drone with his hand while bravely defending the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Station.

Vadim's story is featured in the video and the documentary film by Artyom Somov and Ruslan Gusarov ‘We Will Survive!’.

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▶️Serbia is considering joining BRICS, according to Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin.
He stated that the European Union demands Belgrade sever ties with Moscow first before opening the door for Serbia to join the EU.

Russia takes a less rigid stance. 'BRICS members are not blackmailed, absurd conditions for cooperation are not imposed, and there is no interference in the sovereign affairs of these countries, unlike the European Union,' noted Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma of Russia.

See how Serbia is resisting the West while maintaining relations with Russia in the video. More information can be found in Vyacheslav Guz's documentary 'Serbia's Choice' (2022).

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⚡️He drifted for 67 days in an inflatable boat with dead people. Mikhail Pichugin from Sakhalin took his brother and nephew to see whales--and then he disappeared. The tourists were already considered dead as they had almost no food and water. The travelers were found by a fishing boat. Mikhail was dehydrated, and his relatives did not survive the voyage. Watch the rescue of Mikhail Pichugin in our video.

For the heroes of the film 'The Circumnavigation. A Trimaran for Two', the voyage also almost ended in tragedy. Why? Find out in the film by Tatyana Borsch.

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🟢A man sold his child for $955 because of gambling on the Internet. The Indonesian found a buyer via the Internet. The wife discovered the loss of her 11-month-old son. She began to question her husband. As a result, he confessed he had sold the baby. The man was arrested and now faces a sentence of up to 15 years in prison and a fine of $38,000 (3.6 million rubles).

The sale of children is also a common case in Tanzania. There, parents give their underage daughters to adult men. They are rewarded not with money, but with cattle. Cows are highly valued in this country. There is one of the stories in our video. You will learn more about this problem from the film ‘Bride Trade’ (2017) by Natalya Kadyrova.

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🏗Nikolai Valuev went to turn around harsh rivers and dismantle mountain ranges. The world boxing champion went to the largest Russian construction site — BAM 2. He lived with the builders, ate with them in the same dining room and, of course, played sports. He was accepted into the team and even promised a job.

Don't miss the new film by Lidia Vasilevskaya and Ekaterina Kozhakina about the largest Russian construction site of the century.

The premiere will be broadcast on RTD on October 16 at 04:30 a.m., 12:00 p.m., and 08:00 p.m. The live broadcast is in the profile header. The film will also be available in our online cinema rt.doc.

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A child was injured by a booby-trapped toy in the city of Stakhanov, in the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR). The toy was planted by Ukrainian fighters, according to the Minister of Health, Natalia Pashchenko.

This case is part of the terrible routine of Donbass. It often ends in death. Due to actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, at least 488 children have been injured in the DPR since February 2022, 152 have died.

Our video and the film ‘Children of Donbass’ (2022) by Tatiana Borsh follow those who have had their childhood stolen.

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Bread and peace. This is what people in Donbass wait for.

In war, bread is valued on a par with weapons. In this video, we discuss bakers who work around the clock under shelling, and volunteers who take the loaves to the front line and to liberated towns. See these heroes on World Bread Day.

Learn more in the films:

▶️Here and Now. Aleksey Smirnov (2024)
▶️Lugansk: Road to Independence 2022-2014 (2022)
▶️Young Hope of Donbass (2023)

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▶️They instilled fear. The Yakuza is one of the most powerful criminal organisations. The Japanese mafia deals in weapons, drugs, and human trafficking. Until the end of the 20th century, the syndicate operated openly, having its own offices.

However, the authorities decided to take action against them. Before the 1992s, the Yakuza operated their criminal enterprises openly, often under the watchful eye of authorities. After that, Japan enacted a law allowing for the arrest of gangsters even for discussing a crime.

What happened to the syndicate? Find out in our video, published on Boss Day. Watch the film 'Yakuza. Good for Nothing’ (2017) for more insights into the underworld of crime.

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How did this tourist survive 67 days at sea? Watch the video. Mikhail Pichugin is now safe. He is in a hospital in Magadan.

Mikhail's brother and nephew died. He could face up to seven years in prison. Investigators are checking whether the boat had the necessary equipment as radios, red flares, or life jackets.

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🔮Prison for tarot readings? The Russian State Duma has proposed banning all magicians and equating them with extremists. Do you support this initiative? Participate in the survey below.

Meanwhile, the popularity of esoteric practitioners is on the rise. Businessmen, employers, and football clubs are turning to them. For instance, Russian FC ‘Sokol’ is looking for a tarot reader willing to work for $3,200 to provide individual forecasts and assist in match preparations. However, many fans believe it's just a joke.

In the DR Congo, the approach to sorcerers is harshly different. Those suspected of practising witchcraft are being burned alive or stoned. Why is this happening? Find out in the video and film by Ekaterina Kozhakina, ‘Witch-Hunt in Congo’ (2023).

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💬A fighter with the call sign Pilot told an independent American journalist about the crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbass. Talking to Tofurious Crane, the soldier said something that Western media prefer to keep silent about. The guy showed the guest from the US the bombed-out neighborhoods of Donetsk and the NATO ammunition that Ukrainian neo-Nazis are shelling the civilian population with.

Pilot's story became part of the film 'Notes from an American in Donbass'. The film is also available in our online cinema.

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The Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) is one of the longest and most challenging railway projects in the world, stretching over 4,000 kilometres across Siberia and the Russian Far East. The BAM-2 project is expanding the line with new tracks, bridges, and tunnels to boost speed and cargo capacity. Join State Duma Deputy Nikolay Valuev as he experiences the extreme challenges of building this monumental railway and shares them in our new documentary.

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Earning however you can. That’s what the people in our video have to think about, day and night. In the Philippines, Bangladesh, Congo and Kenya, people risk their lives every day by taking on challenging and dangerous jobs because there’s nothing else. Some work so they can eat, many do it to give their children hope for a better life.

Check out our video and discover more from these films:

▶️‘Golden Gamble’
▶️‘SOS: Sold out Slaves’
▶️‘Cobalt Hell’
▶️‘Brick Slaves’

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