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2023-01-01 15:57:34+00:00
đ§ââď¸Ice Maiden lives in the Russian city of Togliatti. Galina truly believes in the limitless possibilities of the human body. She does not feel the cold and even in winter she wears sandals and light dresses.
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2023-01-01 13:57:58+00:00
Minsk negotiations and the battle of Debaltsevo
'When Ukrainians saw us entering Logvinovo, they left everything behind and fled. So, we entered without firing a shot. We took up position and it was like shooting fish in a barrel until about 10 am'. DPR People's Militia serviceman with the codename Dentist remembers the results of the battle of Debaltsevo.
According to the former Kiev regime militant, 'the Ukrainian command did nothing to unblock our men in Debaltsevo. A lot of people were killed and wounded'.
President Poroshenko was taking part in Minsk negotiations that time. Watch the video to learn more.
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2023-01-01 11:58:01+00:00
âśď¸ Iraq: The Story of My Family
'The war rattled and split up even close families. They don't get together and hardly even talk,â says Omar. He came to Baghdad, his father's homeland, to see family 40 years later. Omar was raised in the USSR, but often went to Iraq as a child.
Before the war, there were about 400 people in Omar's father's family. But the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the American occupation divided them. Children were sent abroad to protect them, and relations were lost.
On January 1, 2009, control over the security situation was transferred back to the Iraqi government. But peace never came. After the withdrawal of the US army in 2011, the civil war began. On the Sovereignty Day of this country, we post our documentary Iraq: The Story of My Family (2019). Watch to see how the wars affected the families of this country and whether Omar reunites with relatives.
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2023-01-01 09:55:45+00:00
âśď¸Suffering for soup: The secret of authentic âukhaâ
Russiansâ New Year holidays are very busy. One of the traditional activities is visiting the banya. Being in a room where the temperature ranges from 60 to 90 degrees Celsius, and then pouring ice-cold water on yourself and so on in a circle... Such a pastime surprises foreigners, but for Russians it is a rest for both body and soul.
Another winter activity in Russia is ice fishing and then making âukhaâ. This soup is one of Russiaâs most ancient and popular delicacies, and there are certain secrets to make it tasty.
Discover more about the banya and traditional Russian pastimes in Suffering for soup: The secret of authentic âukhaâ - an episode of Taste of Russia.
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2023-01-02 18:30:45+00:00
âď¸âI never feel sad. If I am, I either cry or sing.â Lyubov Moryekhodova, at the age of 81, lives in her house on Lake Baikal and skates on the ice. She ties her blades to her felt boots and can skate tens of kilometers a day.
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2023-01-02 16:01:07+00:00
đâBut imagine what would happen travelling in a white ambulance with red stripesâŚItâs a real target.â
Natalya, medical platoon leader with the âRusâ Battallion, explains why their medical vehicle has been repainted. Doctors try not to attract too much attention in the combat zone. The enemy never used to touch the red crosses, but now, that's changed. Natalia says the nationalists are targeting doctors.
An exerpt from our documentary Feminine Front. Share it with others.
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2023-01-02 14:01:02+00:00
đWhen will man visit Mars? Will he be able to colonise it? These are no longer hypothetical questions, but increasingly a real possibility.
On Science Fiction Day, we post another episode of Future is Now (2020). Itâs about Earthlings preparing for life on Mars. One of the subjects of the film is Anastasia Stepanova, a journalist from Moscow. She took part in the international project Mars One project, which simulated landing on the mysterious red planet.
Two modules were built for the âastronautâ team on Earth, one in the desert and one in the Arctic snow. Anastasia lived for 80 days in one of them. The modules were completely isolated from the outside world, and it was forbidden to go out without a spacesuit. All this time, people conducted experiments: simulating the study of Mars and the search for life.
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2023-01-02 12:01:02+00:00
đ¨âWhen I draw voodoo symbols, I feel stronger,â says Yva Laguerre, a student at Haitiâs art school. Her paintings can seem shocking, filled as they are with skulls, bones, man-like monsters and death.
For Haitians, Voodoo is an acceptable practice. Adherents address spirits to fix everything from diseases to love problems and career. Voodoo followers worship ancestral dead, practice transcendental drumming and dancing. They believe that when people die they do not go to heaven or hell, but to oneâs ancestors.
On January 2, Haiti marks Ancestry Day. On this date, watch an excerpt from Voodoo Spirits of Haiti and discover more about the rites and the unique religion.
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2023-01-02 10:01:51+00:00
âśď¸A Bearâs Tale
Bear Mansur was raised by Russian pilots. They found him at an airfield, got him out and wanted to release him into the wild. But it was too late. The animal got used to people.
The aviators hoped to give the animal to a nature reserve, but it almost ended tragically. Once the men failed to visit their pet and decided to make an enquiry. They asked the carrier where the animal had been taken, reached that place and found out that hunters had their dogs training on Mansur. Once realized this, they immediately set off to rescue their bear.
Watch our new film A Bearâs Tale about the Mansurâs life.
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2023-01-03 14:01:01+00:00
âśď¸Mexican Boom Town
The city of Tultepec is known as Mexicoâs âpyrotechnics capital,â where life is centred on the production of artisanal, hand-made fireworks. âIf youâre from Tultepec, you have gunpowder in your blood,â says Salvador Sanchez, who followed in his fatherâs footsteps as a fireworks maker.
Every year, Tultepec holds a weeklong festival to honour St. John of God, who Mexican pyrotechnic craftsmen consider their patron saint.
Once the parade is over, fireworks light up the sky. The bull-shaped floats spew streams of sparks and spin, while the most daring revellers dance frenetically among exploding fireworks and screaming rockets. Scores of festival-goers are severely burned or injured during the incredible spectacle.
Watch documentary and see why Tultepec residents risk their lives to make pyrotechnics.
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2023-01-03 12:02:01+00:00
âśď¸Fallen Angels
Mary Ann, the daughter of a sex worker from the Philippines, has never seen her father. A woman became pregnant with Mary Ann after a night with a German tourist who never thought about taking responsibility for the child.
Crowds of tourists regularly come to Angeles City in the Philippines looking for an easy way to buy sex. Although prostitution is not legalized here, about 800,000 residents are employed in the industry. To understand how they live in the most famous sex resort in the country and why there are so many orphans here, watch our film Fallen Angels (2016).
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2023-01-03 10:01:02+00:00
âśď¸Cinderfella
Do you believe an ordinary cleaner can become a fashion model? This happened to the Russian Yury. The street cleaner from Ufa woke up famous after his friend took and posted his photo on social media. Now Yury is still working as a street cleaner in his hometown. And this summer, he helped to repair a school in the Luhansk region.
Watch our film Cinderfella (2021) about Yuri's unusual fate.
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2023-01-04 16:01:02+00:00
đˇđşRussiaâs Republic of Chechnya has undergone a revival after two military conflicts in its post-Soviet history. The land of contrasts juggles tradition and modernity. A Quranic school student, Supreme Mufti, fashionistas, and ordinary people speak of the unique Chechen culture and how itâs woven into all aspects of everyday life.
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2023-01-04 13:58:01+00:00
âThe louder the gunfire [in Donetsk], the more people we had [in the art school]. It was amazing.â
Donbass residents have been coming to Alina Yurtakovaâs art studio right under the shelling for the ninth year already. She opened the school in 2013. When Kiev attacked Donbass, Alina thought that nobody needed painting anymore. It turned out to be the opposite. Watch another episode of Alexandra Frankâs documentary series âFaces of Donbassâ.
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2023-01-04 10:11:51+00:00
In Argentina, football is played from the cradle. Kids become celebrities and earn millions before they graduate from high school.
For example, Thiago Cruz Fernandez signed a contract when he was only thirteen. The boy has been playing since he was four years old. He has a goal. Thiago wants to become the new Messi. The boy can't imagine his life without football.
In Argentina, everyone loves this game. Every match is a national holiday. Learn more about the South American country's main passion in the episode More than a Game from our series Argentinian DNA (2019).
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2023-01-05 15:29:08+00:00
đâProtect Oak Flat!â Oak Flat is where deities live, medicinal plants grow and sacred ceremonies are held. The indigenous Apache people revere Oak Flat in Arizona as a holy place.
The site, which is located 60 miles east of Phoenix, has been part of their cultural identity for thousands of years. But Oak Flat is at risk of being destroyed to make way for an enormous copper mine. Some of the country's largest deposits of copper ore are buried deep underground, and a mining company wants the land.
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2023-01-05 12:22:09+00:00
Even at the front Oksana, codename âNeedleâ, a âVostokâ battalion paramedic, tries to look good. Wounded and shell-shocked fighters are brought to her field medical post. âI know people donât have time for that, but all the sameâŚâ
Like many of her colleagues, âNeedleâ wants the fighting to end soon. See the paramedic's story in this exerpt from our documentary Feminine Front.
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2023-01-05 10:12:10+00:00
âśď¸Antarctica. Terra Somniantis
Scientists spend 11 months in Antarctica, learning what secrets the sixth continent hides. Polar explorers are not afraid of cold - the temperature sometimes drops below -80 °C.
The scientific work of the current polar explorers became possible thanks to Soviet scientists. Sixty-seven years ago on this day, the first expedition of the USSR landed in Antarctica. A month later, the Mirny station opened there. This name is not accidental. It is named after the sloop that took part in the discovery of the continent in the 19th century.
Russians continue the brave work of Soviet scientists. What do polar explorers study and how do they have fun in the long winter? Find out in our film Antarctica. Terra Somniantis (2020).
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2023-01-06 11:55:08+00:00
âśď¸Ukraine: The Road to Schism
âThis is where they tasered me and also⌠beat my legs. They boxed and punched me in the head.â Father Feofan was tortured by the Ukrainian security services in 2015. He was held captive for just over a month before being exchanged for 15 fighters from the Ukrainian army.
Orthodox priests in Ukraine are increasingly being threatened, searched and arrested. Churches are being attacked and seized by nationalists. âWhat we have on our hands is a religious war,â says journalist Andrey Afanasyev.
Why is the Orthodox Church in Ukraine being persecuted and when did it start? Watch Ukraine: The Road to Schism - a new part of the Operation Ukraine series. The previous episode can be found here.
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2023-01-06 10:02:02+00:00
âśď¸Afghan Kidney Sales
In the Afghan city of Herat, the sale of kidneys on the black market is flourishing. Pushed to the edge by poverty and lack of decent jobs, villagers see no other choice for themselves than to sell a kidney. But it only worsens the problem - poorly performed surgeries often seriously harm donorsâ health, making them unable to take on serious jobs.
Thatâs what happened to Ghulam Nabi, a father of five kids and the eldest brother in the family. Creditors kept demanding money, but Nabiâs family couldnât pay. After selling his organ, the man became disabled and now is unemployed.
Ghulamâs story is just one of dozens such tragedies. Listen to other Afghanis in Afghan Kidney Sales (2021). Is it possible to change the situation?
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2023-01-08 17:33:39+00:00
đâYou go, all war correspondents do... But you truly get to hate war. You understand it's suffering, pain, torment... But you go back, because you know whoâs going to do this if not you.â
Murad Gadziev, RT war correspondent tells how he became a war correspondent and what pushes him to return to the combat zone again and again.
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2023-01-08 14:02:02+00:00
âď¸ The Baltic Fleet, Episode 10, Part2
Watch the new part of the Baltic Fleet series! A submarine Magnitogorsk enlists the help of a reconnaissance aircraft. The time has come for the two Baltic Fleet vessels to test their military prowess against each other! The previous part is here.
Watch all previous episodes by following links:
Episode 1: Part1, Part2
Episode 2: Part1, Part2
Episode 3: Part1, Part2
Episode 4: Part1, Part2
Episode 5: Part1, Part2
Episode 6: Part1, Part2
Episode 7: Part1, Part2
Episode 8: Part1, Part2
Episode 9: Part1, Part2
The next part is coming soon. Check for updates.
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2023-01-08 12:01:01+00:00
âśď¸Our film The Happiest People on Earth is about how people live in North Korea, the most isolated country in the world. Journalists are invited here rarely. As a rule, guests come for two main holidays: Kim Il-Sung's and Kim Jong Il's birthdays.
The current leader of the nation 'Great Marshall' Kim Jong-Un visits factories and farms to inspire people to work six days a week for twelve hours. All of that between missile tests and military parades. But North Koreans consider themselves the happiest people on earth. Why? Find out in our documentary.
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2023-01-08 10:06:01+00:00
đŞAnna, codename âSquirrelâ, is a former stewardess and fashionista, who knows both English and Italian.
When she was getting her second degree, she did an internship at the Ukrainian Embassy in Jordan. But when Kiev sent its troops into Donbass, Anna couldnât keep living the way she was. She first went to serve in Donbassâ police force, and then volunteered for the DPRâs army. âI was born in Donbass. Itâs my homelandâ, she says
In this excerpt of our documentary Feminine Front, Anna describes how men initially treated her in the army.
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2023-01-07 14:02:46+00:00
âď¸'Our Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy upon us. Amen.'
This is Agafia Lykovaâs letter to brothers and sisters. Today, Agafia, 70, is the last surviving member of her family. She still lives in her family home deep in the Siberian forest where she was born. She is much more aware of the things going on in the modern world than her family was when they were first discovered.
Still, rather than enjoy the advantages of civilisation, she keeps her faith and traditional outlook on life, and prefers to maintain a simple, yet incredibly labour-intensive lifestyle.
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2023-01-07 12:01:01+00:00
đĽPelmeni are considered a native Russian dish. Shaping every single dumpling by hand is a real ritual, where everyone in the family is involved. In some cities like Izhevsk, thereâs even a monument to them. And in the Chelyabinsk Region, thereâs a pelmeni museum!
Each region has its own recipe. Lamb, pork, beef, and poultry are added to the filling. They can also be made with pumpkin, radish, mushrooms, and fried onions. To learn more about this popular dish, watch the episode Dumpling dilemma: Making perfect pelmeni from scratch from our Taste of Russia (2018) series.
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2023-01-07 10:02:31+00:00
Eight-year-old Savely Smagar spends much of his time in a small corridor by the front door. There he eats, sleeps and learns his lessons. His home is in Abakumov, a mining village in the Donetsk region. The area is constantly shelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. It is dangerous to be in the room. During shelling the boy runs into the corridor, away from the windows. Sometimes he doesnât make it in time. Then he throws himself on the floor and covers his head with his hands.
Listen to the boyâs story in an episode of Alexandra Frankâs documentary series âFaces of Donbassâ.
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2023-01-12 14:57:08+00:00
âThe Ukrainian command did nothing to unblock our men in Debalstevo,' says Daniil Yakovlev, a former fighter of the nationalist Ukrainian Azov unit who was captured by the Russian military. Yakovlev told how the Ukrainian military retreated from Debaltsevo in 2015. It was at this time that the Donbass militia struck at the forces of Ukraine, followed by the West calling on the parties to sit down at the negotiating table. In December, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that the Minsk agreements were needed only to give the Kiev regime time to gain strength for new attacks on the east of the country.
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2023-01-12 13:29:03+00:00
âśď¸ Cartoonists in the Middle East can be imprisoned and even killed for their work. In their drawings, they often talk about the problems that exist in society.
Osama Hajjaj from Jordan was threatened by terrorists after he drew a pilot who was burned alive by ISIS* militants in 2014. 'I don't know how I am still alive,' Osama said.
See how the artists of Jordan, Lebanon and Afghanistan work and live in the film I AM CARTOONIST (2016).
*counted an extremist organisation and banned in Russia
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2023-01-12 10:20:41+00:00
Ukraine 2014: Retracing the steps
'The constitution says: 'Regular armed forces cannot be used within the state'. But the didn't care, they gave the order'.
In 2014, the conflicts and contradictions that have existed for decades between Ukraineâs agrarian west and industrial east turned into civil strife and then into war. The differences in mentality, language, and traditions were too irreconcilable.
As a result, the Euromaidan movement, which began as a struggle for Ukraineâs integration into the European Union, rapidly veered towards outright nationalist ideas. Radical groups started to play a leading role in Maidan. The regime change, which occurred due to Maidan, was seen in south-eastern Ukraine as a coup d'etat. Check out the video to learn more.
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2023-01-11 17:57:06+00:00
đŹâThe unity of the Orthodox faith prevented Russians and Ukrainians from hating one other. Western analysts monitored all this. They dealt a heavy blow to Orthodox Christian unity.â This is how the Russian journalist Aleksandr Yegortsev explains one of the reasons for the conflict between Ukrainians and Russians.
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2023-01-11 15:59:09+00:00
Western disdain for Russia explained
'In the 19th century, the fear of Russia provoked a new wave of Russophobia in Europe'
The video explores the creation of the anti-Russian narrative in the West and how it spread to the media and popular culture.
The mythical ferocious Russian bear and the tale of bad Russia still feature in the media and contribute to modern russophobia. Check out the traces the origins of the anti-Russian narrative in the West and explore who benefits from it.
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2023-01-11 15:09:50+00:00
âHave you seen our documentary War Correspondents? Our colleague, RT war correspondent Murad Gazdiev, is one of the subjects of the film.
He says he used to laugh at superstitions. Only on the front line did he begin to understand them. âEvery other soldier whoâs been here a while⌠has a story about⌠a time they shouldnât have survived. It hit but didnât explode⌠or every single fragment missed. Now we have the same.â
Watch an excerpt with Murad and the full film.
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2023-01-11 13:57:01+00:00
âśď¸The Keepers of Leopard Land
âWe are fighting to stop poaching. I became a ranger because I want to protect animals.â This noble goal was set down by Gennady Khomyakov, an employee of the Leopard Land National Park in the Russian Far East. Together with his colleagues, they protect the Amur leopard from the hands of poachers. At the beginning of the 21st century, there were no more than 30 of these big cats on earth. But the care of the park staff and strict animal protection has borne fruit as the population has increased to 121 adult leopards. But the status of a specially protected area does not act as a hindrance to poachers as rangers often catch them red-handed.
On January 11, Russia celebrates the Day of Nature Reserves and National Parks. To learn more about those people who selflessly protect and save the rare big cats, catch an episode from our series The Keepers of Leopard Land.
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2023-01-11 12:04:08+00:00
âśď¸ âWhen a boy hears 'LGBT,' and it's going to be in his mind, and most parents are going to say that it's okay to be gay - they [children] are going to believe.â
Elijah Harrod claims gay propaganda has a dangerous effect, especially on children. In the West, people are being told from childhood that there is nothing wrong with sex reassignment. And transvestites perform lewd acts in front of youngsters and are shown on childrenâs channels. Harrod is sure it shouldnât be this way.
The man has a sad story: he used to be a transgender-woman, but realized he made a mistake that he deeply regrets. Now he tries to shield children and convince adults so that they didnât give in to the evil propaganda. Listen to his story in an excerpt from our documentary Pride and Piety.
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2023-01-11 10:20:00+00:00
âśď¸How do shaman's rituals take place on Lake Baikal and how are grapes grown in the Crimea? What do tourists feel when climbing Mount Elbrus and why are church bells still cast according to ancient methods in the Yaroslavl region?
Our premiere, Russia: 85 Adventures is an unusual journey across Russia that will help answer those questions. Come travel with us without leaving home!
Our authors with the Russia Beyond team have selected eight regions for the film, see the other adventures here.
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2023-01-10 15:04:04+00:00
âWhat about being able to travel all over Russia without leaving home?
Are you ready to see unique natural sights and experience folk customs and delicacies? The filmmakers and the Russia Beyond team chose several regions to film a series of adventures. For example, in the Yaroslavl region, there is Russiaâs only factory where church bells are cast according to ancient methods. Another adventure includes the highest mountain training base of the UFC fighters in Dagestan, while in Buryatia we explore the world of ancestral spirits. In Kabardino-Balkaria, youâll see how tourists try to conquer Mount Elbrus. So many adventures! The new film Russia: 85 Adventures premieres tomorrow. Don't miss it!
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2023-01-10 14:05:32+00:00
âThis is the tragedy for all mankind,â said Georgy Tsyganov, the rector of the St. John of Kronstadt church in Kirov in the LPR. In 2015, he argued that the civil war that broke out in Ukraine leads to a deviation from the Lord and his commandments. But true faith in God helps the residents of Donbass to survive, become kinder and not be afraid of anything.
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2023-01-10 10:05:27+00:00
Surges of anti-Russian sentiment in Europe
'My daughter's lived in Italy for 18 years. She called to say her bank account had been blocked. She asked why it had been blocked. The answer was... 'You're a Russia citizen''. Freelance editor Svetlana Drozdetskaya told the story of her daughter. But this story is not the only one. Citizens of Russia and Russian and Russian-speaking people faced discrimination all over the Western World after the start of the special military operation. Check out the video to learn more.
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2023-01-09 14:09:00+00:00
đŹâThe Ukrainian command did nothing to unblock our men in Debalstevo,' says Daniil Yakovlev, a former fighter of the nationalist Ukrainian Azov unit who was captured by the Russian military. Yakovlev told how the Ukrainian military retreated from Debaltsevo in 2015. It was at this time that the Donbass militia struck at the forces of Ukraine, followed by the West calling on the parties to sit down at the negotiating table. In December, former German Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that the Minsk agreements were needed only to give the Kiev regime time to gain strength for new attacks on the east of the country.
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2023-01-09 10:25:00+00:00
âśď¸Aurora Hunters
The documentary Aurora Hunters (2021) is about people who are ready to travel hundreds of kilometers, stay up at night, and freeze to admire this natural phenomenon.
One of the places in Russia where you can see the Aurora Borealis is Teriberka. Do you want to go there?
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2023-01-13 15:59:18+00:00
âIt wasnât âanti-terroristâ, it was a punitive operation,â said Vasily Prozorov, a former officer of the Ukrainian Security Service. He spoke about the actions against the population of Donbass by the Ukrainian authorities since 2014.
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2023-01-13 14:11:01+00:00
Liberation of Uglegorsk
'Two of our tanks came in, three had been blown up. All the crew survived, thank God! A tank deployed at a roadblock was captured. We entered Uglegorsk. So, everything was deployed there: our units, HQ...' DPR People's Militia serviceman with the codename Dentist talks about the liberation of Uglegorsk. Watch the video to learn more.
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2023-01-13 11:58:01+00:00
âśď¸Black Lives: Agents of Change
âYou must realise, youâre fighting a war â a war against 400 years of racism, of oppression! Youâre on the front lines!â Newsome tells the black teens.
Newsome is the leader of BLM of Greater New York. He has long been fighting for racial justice in the US. The man decided to dedicate his whole life to bettering conditions of the black community and is a model for the young generation and the BLM youth coalition. âRacism, police brutality, taking pride in who they are, that all the power is in the people. This is what we taught kids,â says Newsome.
Find out the story of the Coalition and Newsome in âAgents of Changeâ of the âBlack Livesâ series. Interested in the topic? Then watch another episode, âDeadlock,â to learn why racial tensions spark such anger in the USA.
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2023-01-13 10:15:58+00:00
âśď¸Mama Uganda
âI have so many eggs that I must continue giving birth, the doctor told me. If you donât you might get tumors, and youâd die in no time.â This was the medical diagnosis given to Nabatanzi, who is the worldâs most prolific mother. She is 41 years old, and she has given birth to 44 children, 38 of which survived.
Mariamâs father married her at the age of 12 to an old man. A year later, Mariam had already given birth to twins. The husband beat and humiliated the wife, often cheated, and then completely abandoned the family.
How does Mariam deal with the task of raising so many children? Find out in Mama Uganda.
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2023-01-14 13:55:32+00:00
British roots of Nazi ideology
Try to find the difference between the British concentration camp Bloemfontein (1901) and the Nazi extermination camp Mauthausen (1945). The photos from both of them look very similar. This is because years before the rise of the Third Reich, lots of Nazi ideas were already successfully used in British Empire. Watch the video to learn more.
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2023-01-14 11:57:01+00:00
âśď¸So, You Want to Be a Shaman
Every year dozens of shamans from all over Buryatia, Russia, gather on the island of Olkhon where they hold a mass blessing ceremony. The shamans enter a trance, summon the spirits of the sacred place and indwell them.
Earlier, there was at least one shaman in every family, but during the USSR many were repressed. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, shamanism began to revive and is now very popular. People of different faiths go to the ministers of this cult to seek advice and protection from evil forces, but more often it is for healing. Joints, bad habits, migraines and even tumors â shamans and spirits are addressed even in cases of serious diseases.
How do the rites go and can spirits really cure? On Peopleâs Healerâs Day in Russia, watch our film and find out.
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2023-01-14 10:01:37+00:00
âFor us, itâs more than just a field trip, more than just a job. Our countryâs at war. And when youâre at war, you canât just watch.â
He's not a soldier, but he's been almost all the time on the frontline since the special military operation started. Evgeny Poddubny is a well-known war correspondent. Watch an excerpt of the film War Correspondents about the work of Poddubny's team, which usually remains behind the scenes.
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2023-01-15 16:08:19+00:00
Mariupol. Beginning of the liberation
'We're unarmed now, but we get guns tomorrow! Are you afraid?' The residents of Mariupol didn't want to live under the Kiev regime and were ready to defend their home. In 2022, Mariupol was finally liberated from Ukrainian militants. Watch the video to learn more.
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2023-01-15 11:56:02+00:00
âśď¸The Immortal
This is a history of a cult known as the 'New Generation'. Members of the religious organisation never doubted that God exists, in fact, they believed that he lived next door. Their God's name is Ziona, and he is the leader of the community. He had almost four dozen wives, about 90 children and 1,000 followers. The rest of the men in the cult were allowed to have as many wives as they wanted.
This religion was created by Ziona's father. He had an epiphany that the human body is immortal. Ziona himself believed in this. The members of the cult prayed for four hours a day in the hope that they would live forever.
Every day the community worked in the fields of its leader. Only in their free time could the followers work for themselves. Part of their income was handed over to Ziona.
In the summer of 2021, Ziona died of diabetes at the age of 76. He had hypertension and diabetes. Our film, The Immortals (2016), is about a man who tried to become a God.
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2023-01-15 10:02:23+00:00
âI'm from around here, born in Makeevka, so... when I say Donbass is my home, it's not just a figure of speech. I mean, it's happening to my home!'
Georgy Medvedev is a war correspondent. He makes news reports literally from the trenches. Medvedev is one of the heroes of our documentary War Correspondents.
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2023-01-16 12:01:01+00:00
âśď¸The SheguĂŠ, the Sorcerer and Che Guevara
Parents in the Democratic Republic of Congo throw their own children out on the street if they suspect them of witchcraft. The Congolese are convinced that witches eat people.
Pointed out by pastors, their opinion is believed unconditionally. âMy brother's children are real sorcerers. They ate their parents and their brothers, too,â says the local pastor Papi Ilongia Bayolo.
There are tens of thousands of homeless children in DR Congo. They are called shegues. Some are lucky enough to end up in shelters. A roof over their heads, food and a fragile sense of security awaits them.
On Heroes' Day in DR Congo, watch our film The SheguĂŠ, the Sorcerer and Che Guevara to find out who saves the abandoned kids.
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2023-01-17 17:01:01+00:00
đ'Then he [Azov battalion fighter] said, âI saw one guy lying there, so I stabbed him, turned the knife and enjoyed it.â I left quietly, they werenât normal.â
Natalia, an elderly resident of Debaltsevo, tells how the Azov battalion came to their land and how they rejoiced at the arrival of Russian soldiers.
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2023-01-18 14:16:31+00:00
'In 2018, in President Trumpâs administration, there was a diplomat for world religions, Sam Brownback. Heâs linked to a powerful and shady Catholic organisation 'Opus Dei'. He continues to work in Bidenâs administration.'
Political scientist Ivan Skorikov explains the scheme by which the United States is trying to inflict the greatest damage to the Orthodox Church and to create discord between Russians and Ukrainians.
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2023-01-19 18:01:15+00:00
Bloody Sunday. On January 19, 2014, Kievâs Maidan stopped being a peaceful protest as far-right militants began to break through to the government district. They threw stones and Molotov cocktails at Berkut special forces fighters.
The scene was one of total chaos as police buses were burning, tires were smoking, and smoke bombs were exploding. Teams of masked Maidan activists moved in groups to the monument to Lobanovsky, where containers with incendiary mixtures had been hidden beforehand. Law enforcement officials later said that they could have been stopped very quickly. But the order never came.
The film Maidan: Road to War (2022) features the chronicles of those bloody events. And the excerpt in our post is about how the riots began.
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2023-01-20 14:09:00+00:00
đâOur fate is being decided in Ukraine. The fate of the whole world. The âWestern Empire of Liesâ will die in Ukraine,â says Zoran Lekic, a Serbian veteran who served in the army when NATO bombed his country.
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2023-01-21 16:27:08+00:00
âď¸This week, freezing fog covers Yakutsk's roads as temps drop below -50 in the Russian North. See how people live in one of the coldest regions of our planet. Would you like to travel to such a place in winter?
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2023-01-22 17:08:22+00:00
â°âIn Dagestan you donât have to explain who Habib is.â The region in the south of Russia is considered one of the most beautiful corners of the planet, the home to magnificent mountains and sandy beaches. Among these landscapes, the star of world sports, the champion in hand-to-hand combat, Khabib Nurmagomedov, grew up.
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2023-01-23 14:02:00+00:00
đŹ'I was with Dad on the balcony when I saw an old lady who was crying and holding empty water cats. I was sad and told my Dad that when I grew up, I'd find water and give it to people,' said a 9-year-old boy from Donbass, Elnur. After that, he and his father Navruz decided to carry water to the residents of Donetsk, Makeevka and Yasinovataya. As a result of the shelling of the Ukrainian military, these cities were left without water supplies.
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2023-01-24 14:05:38+00:00
'The creation of the so-called âOrthodox Church of Ukraineâ is a purely political project, beneficial to both the US and [Piotr] Poroshenko [ex-President of Ukraine]â, argues the Russian Church historian Vladislav Petrushko. His colleague Movses Gazaryan believes that this is done for better brainwashing the Ukrainian people.
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2023-01-26 16:03:44+00:00
â Russophobia in the Third Reich
'We must develop a technique of depopulation. If you ask me what I mean by depopulation, I mean the removal of entire races. That's what I intend to carry out. It'll be my chief task. One of the main tasks of German statesmanship for all time is to prevent, by all means in our power, the increase of Slav races'. Adolf Hitler wanted not only to capture the territories of the Soviet Union but to eliminate Russians as a nation. Watch the video to learn more.
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2023-01-27 14:09:30+00:00
âThey have this serious issue: Whatâs bigger, Jesus Christ or Ukraine? Basically, they're heathens,â says Russian Orthodox priest Andrey Tkachev.
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2023-01-28 15:56:24+00:00
How Kalashnikov rifle is made?
punishing testing to prove they are just as reliable. They are subjected to freezing temperatures, water, poundings, and air filled with fine sand. The iconic weaponâs famous reliability is largely thanks to its creator, Mikhail Kalashnikov. When designing the assault rifle, he strove to make every single part easy to mass produce without compromising durability. The self-taught gunsmith went on to design many more weapons based on one principle â the interchangeability of their parts, which makes them extremely convenient to use in combat zones.
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2023-01-29 16:06:33+00:00
DPR journalist about Donetsk airport
'My family and I were living near the airport. We sometimes took a shelter in a basement'. Pavel Churpina is a journalist filming the Donbass conflict. His family had to live under Ukrainian shelling.
'I became a cameraman when I came to Donetsk. I needed a job. I saw an ad: cameramen needed at the local TV channel. So, a year and a half before the war, I trained and started to work. When all those events here began to unfold, I put my camera skills into action'. Watch the video to learn more.
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2023-01-30 14:04:55+00:00
đâDuring the occupation, pits were dug here where the Nazis shot their prisoners almost every day.â
Irina Shiryaeva, head of âIn Memory of the Deadâ department in the Rovenky Museum, is one of those who keeps alive the memory of the Young Guard of Donbass who rebelled against the Nazis during WWII. Since the Ukrainian army came to this land in 2014, new detachments of young militias have been formed in the region.
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2023-01-31 14:16:21+00:00
đâThe price of gas has risen by almost three times compared to the same period last year.â This is how the farmer of Albania describes the problems that he and his colleagues faced after the West imposed sanctions against Russia.
But not only energy prices, but also water and electricity prices have increased, and coffee and nitrates have to be used as fertilizers.
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