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#premiere ‘Considering Russia as a pariah is insane. A lot of people want to go on with having a relationship with Russia.’ Francesca Donato, an Italian member of the European Parliament, shared her views on Europe’s Russophobia. Francesca voted against military aid to Ukraine and previously opposed a resolution on anti-Russian sanctions. After which, her Facebook* account was blocked. Francesca says the voices of Europeans are not being heard: ‘In Italy, we have polls that show that the majority of the Italian people don’t agree with this position of our government’. The member hopes the condemnation of the Russians will soon stop: ‘It’s really insane to raise a wall between our cultures, our countries.’ The interview with Francesca Donato is part of our new film about Russophobia in Western countries. Watch the premiere on this channel! *Recognised as extremist and banned in Russia

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#video#India In the Akanksha Hospital in Gujarat, pregnant women are waiting to deliver babies. But they won’t take them home once they’re born. So instead, they’re surrogate mothers, primarily poor and having no means to make money. They make $70 for each month of pregnancy and up to $8,000 for a successful surrogacy for one baby. The clinic takes care of the mothers’ living costs. Since India legalised commercial surrogacy in 2002, the country has become the largest surrogacy hub for childless foreigners. In 2015, surrogacy for foreigners was banned. While commercial surrogacy provided Indian women with opportunities (building a house, starting a small business, paying a dowry), the practice has raised numerous ethical concerns around exploitation, payment, and inequality. Watch the full documentary 'Wombs for Rent' on @documentaryplanet Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#photo ‘Today, seven trainees are being taken on board. A rumour has been circulating on the ship for a week now - there will be two girls. One - to the buffet, and the second - the navigator. But the miracle didn’t happen.’ Our director Natalya Kadyrova talks about the crew of the nuclear-powered icebreaker Sibir. ‘All seven new arrivals are men, and all are placed at the disposal of the chief physicist.’ More than 60 people work on the icebreaker - only one of them is a woman. ‘In winter, people are brought directly to the icebreaker in a special car and taken aboard in a special shopping bag,’ says Natalya. Did you know that the icebreaker can break through more than 1.5 metres thick ice floes? Want to learn more about icebreakers in the Arctic? Wait for the premiere of a new film by Natalya Kadyrova. In the meantime, watch her documentary, Seven Seas of Ice. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Killer turned local celebrity #video#Colombia Popeye used to be a hitman for Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar. He killed, tortured, maimed and terrorised people. But well, it’s in the past, right? Or so say the people who queued to take pictures with Jhon Jairo Velásquez Vásquez, Popeye’s real name. Popeye successfully capitalised on his murderous past, not to mention 23 years behind bars, by writing books, becoming a YouTube blogger and starring in a Netflix series. In 2020, Velasquez died after battling esophageal cancer. The life of one of the world’s most infamous murderers in the documentary, Escobar’s Hitman, on @documentaryplanet Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Did you get the answer to our quiz right? If not, fill in the gaps with the documentary, Children of the Tundra, on @documentaryplanet. But, even if you got it right, don’t miss this heartwarming film. The Nenets are indigenous people who still live as their nomadic ancestors did centuries ago. To this day, they are constantly herding reindeer across the vast tundra of the Russian Arctic. Children follow their parents from birth, learning everything about life in the tundra. But from autumn to spring, they live at boarding schools to get an education in towns. While some Nenets children become accustomed to comfortable urban life, others miss home so much they run away and go back to their families on foot. The separation is also difficult for many parents, and some would prefer to have their kids nearby. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Brides by Force #video#Kyrgyzstan In Kyrgyzstan, women are sometimes kidnapped by their future husbands. Some would say it's romantic, but it's anything but romantic for most victims of forced marriage. A total stranger kidnaps a woman or a stalker she tried to avoid and is taken into his family's home. The kidnapper's female relatives attempt to convince the victim to accept the marriage. While their families rescue some, others don't get help. 'So what if you were kidnapped?' Victims are often shamed for being kidnapped and sometimes raped. The practice is called 'ala-kachu', which translates 'take and run'. It's illegal and punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine. However, stereotypes persist, and cases go unreported. Watch our documentary about this weird tradition on @documentaryplanet https://t.me/documentaryplanet/28 Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

“They took me to a metal barrel. They submerged my head in water; I began to drown,” — Olga describes the torture she endured in captivity by nationalists. In 2014, Olga was one of the prisoners in the Library, this is what the Ukrainian forces called a secret prison set up in the Mariupol Airport. The prison wasn’t official, the prisoners were left uncharted. They were kept in what used to be 2 industrial cold storages. The large one was about 3 by 2 metres, and the smaller one — was 2 by 1.5 metres. These “rooms” had metal walls and sturdy lockable doors. The regime change, which occurred due to the Maidan in Ukraine, was seen in south-eastern Ukraine as a coup d'état. As a result, thousands joined the protests. In response, in 2014, Kiev announced “an anti-terrorist operation” against its people. The Secret prison in Mariupol, the Battle for Slavyansk & the Ilovaisk trap — follow the significant elements of the war in our new Donbass War: Summer 2014 documentary Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

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#video ‘We’re full of hope for Russia. Let them not leave us; let them take us to them soon so that we can all be with them.’ Lyubov Cherkas, a resident of Krasnaya Polyana, described how her family currently lives. Her village is located on the border with the Zaporozhsky region of Ukraine, close to the front line. For a long time, locals were without electricity. The stores in the village are empty, and there is nowhere to get food. The residents say the Ukrainian military looted. Russian Armed Forces have now taken control of the village. Charities delivered humanitarian aid from Russia to Krasnaya Polyana for the first time in a long time. Nobody had done it before. The stories of Krasnaya Polyana residents will be included in our new film. It’s about volunteers and those who deliver humanitarian aid. The premiere is coming soon. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary