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#video#USA Texas would be the world's 40th largest country if it was still an independent state. Yes, still. For a nine-year period between 1836 and 1845, Texas was an independent country. But some Texans, or Texians as they call themselves, claim their country never lost its sovereignty. These separatists believe the United States’ annexation of Texas was illegal. The activists run their own government and have their own currency system. Watch the full documentary on our website RTDocumentary.online or Odysee. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

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#video Hundreds were killed, thousands injured, and a city destroyed. Twenty-three years ago, NATO launched airstrikes on Belgrade. Operation Allied Force launched 2,300 missiles and dropped 14,000 bombs. Collateral damage included schools, libraries, hospitals and homes. The alliance blamed Belgrade for ‘excessive and disproportionate use of force’ in a conflict with an ethnic Albanian insurgency in Kosovo. To learn more about the legacy of NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia, watch our documentary, ZASHTO (WHY?) on https://rtdocumentary.online/films/why Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video Shortly after Russia's military operation in Ukraine began, many Russians abroad felt a surge of Russophobia, from politicians to ordinary people on the street. Most Western countries deem discrimination unacceptable, and even illegal, when it comes to Russians, this no longer seems a given. Some Russians say they are being fired from their jobs just because of their nationality, denied apartment rentals and even having bank accounts closed. When it comes to social media, verbal abuse and bullying levels are unprecedented. Russian immigrants say they try to abstain from commenting on Facebook. “I’ve been getting various threatening messages on my phone recently. Most are along the lines ‘get out of here, a dead Russian is the best Russian,’” says one Russian woman who lives in Iceland. Experts say this wave of harassment will eventually subside, but before it does, Russians should steer clear of social media and report physical threats to the police. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

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#video Russell Bentley, an American blogger, has collected over $100,000 for the people of Donbass. He came to Donetsk in 2014, at the very beginning of the conflict. He joined the ‘Essence of Time’ battalion as a volunteer and participated in battles at Donetsk airport and Avdeevka. Learn about his story from our post! It turns out that Russell is also a character in our documentary Donbass. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow. Watch it right now. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

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#video “If President Putin wanted to go in with bombs, it would be like America does,” says Mark Dougan, a former US Marine and police officer. He went as a journalist to Ukraine to see the progress of the special operation. His point of view is in the video; check it out. Want to know his story? As a police officer, Dougan investigated the crimes of his colleagues and tried to bring them to justice. He even created a website where people could report police brutality. But according to Dougan, former colleagues started planning to kill him. That’s why he left the country. Our documentary ‘Breaking Bad Wolf’ is about it. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

“Thanks to your crew, my mommy is now with me and warm. I will be grateful to you for the rest of my life. Once again, thank you very much,” Victoria Forkavets says in a message to RT Documentary. Our film crew helped her find her mother Natalya Angeleva. Vika couldn’t contact her mother for almost a month. She only knew she was in Volnovakha, with no water, food, or power. She didn’t even know if her mother was alive. Finally, Victoria turned to us for help. “We did what we could. And now Natalya Alexandrovna is alive,” - said our correspondent Vyacheslav Guz. From Volnovakha to Khartsyzsk, they chatted about the recent battles, marauders, and the cold. Like other locals, Natalya had been hiding in a basement. She says there were no humanitarian corridors, no information from the Ukrainian authorities. The story of Viktoria and her mother Natalya has become part of a film, shot by director Oleg Nekishev, correspondent Vyacheslav Guz and cameraman Vladimir Lipatov. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video#Kenya Poverty and few jobs drive young men in Kenya to provide sex to older European women who come to the country on vacation. Poor education is one of the reasons why young boys are easily dragged into prostitution. They haven’t the qualifications to get a decent job. Some boys claim they were underaged when these older women from Germany, Switzerland, and other countries approached them for sex. Like young girls who also fall victims to sex tourists, the boys soon grow up and stop being “eligible” for the job. So they try to get as much as they can while it is still possible. The nonprofits and volunteers who work in Kenya are doing their best to educate children by building schools. This is the only way to ensure they will have a future and change their way of thinking. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

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#video#Russia There are a few families in the former Soviet Union that haven’t been affected by WWII. Millions of soldiers died, hundreds of thousands were missing in action. Decades later, their bodies are recovered from battlefields, woods and swamps all over Europe. Groups of history enthusiasts look for the soldiers’ remains and try to identify them. Watch the full documentary on our website and Odysee odysee.com/@RTDocumentary:4 to learn why these volunteers dedicate themselves to the search of the fallen. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary