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Here’s three popular posts we really recommend from our Facebook page: 🧗♀️Russian speed-climbing queen, Iuliia Kaplina, can conquer a 15-metre wall in under 7 seconds. Now, her sport has finally made its Olympic debut. 💖Love truly knows no age, as the story of 85-year old Hattie proves. The lady only dates men half her age. 👸Victoria Salcedo lost her limbs when she was five. Now, as a young woman, she’s bidding to become Miss Ecuador 2021. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Is China’s social credit system really Orwellian?👀 China’s plans to roll out a nationwide system that will rank its 1.4 billion people have set off alarm bells. It’s been compared to Big Brother, Black Mirror, and other dystopian visions. The idea is that all Chinese citizens will gain or lose points based on ‘good’ or ‘bad’ deeds. Unsurprisingly, the concept is also surrounded by numerous myths. One is that the system had been already implemented all over China. However, that’s a far cry from reality. While there’s an official road map with a stated 2020 deadline, the unified system that’s been portrayed doesn’t exist… at least yet. To find out more about China’s social credit system and where it stands now, check out our video on YouTube - https://youtu.be/swje6NSdkfk Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Inside North Korea #video#NorthKorea Everyone In North Korea says they owe everything to the Kim dynasty. North Koreans, young and old, take pride in all of the regime’s achievements: free education, free medicine, orphans are treated so well that even children with parents envy them! That’s what North Koreans say on camera to the few foreigners that come to the country. But what do you think they’d really say if they were free to do so? Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Breaking Bad Wolf #video#USA A whistleblowing US cop put on a wig and sunglasses and fled all the way to Russia to avoid being put in prison or murdered for exposing corruption in the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office. No, this isn’t the plot of a spy novel. Real life ex-cop John Mark Dougan now lives in Moscow and was able to retell his incredible story for RT Documentary. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

The world’s most densely populated island #video#Africa Could you imagine living on an island roughly the size of a football pitch with several hundred other people? That’s what life is like on tiny Migingo in Lake Victoria. Metal shacks cover the tiny island, making it look like an iron-plated turtle. It has everything any normal town has: shops, cafes, brothels, a port, a church, and even a hotel for the occasional tourist. Although there are bigger islands a stone’s throw away, locals don’t rush to populate them, as they believe they are inhabited by evil spirits. Still, why would you want live like sardines packed into a tiny island? The waters surrounding it are rich with fish, so Kenyan and Ugandan fishermen remain on Migingo to fill their nets. Although Kenya and Uganda both claim jurisdiction over the island, the locals don’t care who owns it, as far as there are fish to catch. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentaryк

Russian Amazon woman #video#Russia Natalya’s biceps make a lot of her male peers hang their heads in shame. She lifts a whopping 175 kg in the bench press and clears 240 kg in the deadlift! She’s Russia’s biggest female powerlifter. Her nickname, ‘Amazonka’, is well deserved. Her impressive looks have helped Natalya rise to internet fame. She now has thousands of followers on Instagram, as well as work outside the gym. She’s even performed on the stage of Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre. Has she inspired you to work out more yet? 💪🏻 Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Testimony of an ex-child soldier #video#CentralAfricanRepublic In the Central African Republic, thousands of children have joined violent militias – either by force, or by choice. Since 2013, the country has been locked in civil war, with several disparate groups fighting each other. Some kids have joined the Christian Anti-balaka group and wear elaborate amulets to protect them against guns. Others fight for Seleka Muslim rebels with AK-47s. As part of a UNICEF-led effort to free child soldiers over the years, thousands of underage soldiers have left the groups. However, children traumatised by war have to go through a rehabilitation process before going home. This child who we filmed for Children of the Front shared his memories. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

The ‘Stone people’ from the Tau’t Bato tribe Buano lives on Palawan Island in the Philippines. He belongs to the Tau’t Bato tribe. They call themselves the ‘stone people’ because they used to live in caves during the rainy season. Buano is 83 and still remembers a childhood devoid of creature comforts. For our Palawan Lost documentary, Buano took our film crew to see one the caves on higher ground. He walked barefoot the whole way, as if he was in his 20s. It took the crew 8 hours to reach the cave, while the Tau’t Bato people cover this distance in 5 hours. Follow:https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan #video#Kyrgyzstan The Kyrgyz tradition of Ala Kachuu has Kipchak roots and means "grab and run". Initially, it started because a young man didn't have enough money to pay a proper bride's price, and he would "steal" a girl with her consent to negotiate with her parents later and reduce the payment. But now, however, Ala Kachuu has turned into a straight out kidnapping. It is often done in the middle of the street, but no one comes to the girls' rescue. According to some estimates, up to two-thirds of Kyrgyz girls are married against their will, and thousands suffer domestic abuse. Human rights activists are fighting to outlaw Ala Kachuu. So what else is being done to protect young women? Tune in for the premiere of 'Stolen Brides, Stolen Lives' on our YouTube channel! Follow:https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video#USA If you watch American movies, you’re probably used to seeing Russians presented as the bad guys. Ivan Drago from Rocky IV, Andrei Sator from Tenet, Yuri Komarov in A Good Day to Die Hard, even Boris and Natasha from Bullwinkle – the list goes on and on. But, Hollywood hasn’t always portrayed Russians as villains. It’s hard to believe there was a brief moment in history when Hollywood actually produced pro-Soviet films, where Russians were shown in a favourable light. Here’s proof. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video#Russia Imagine spending days or even weeks creating an intricate piece of art and then destroying it in just a few moments? That’s exactly what happens when Buddhist monks create a sacred mandala. It’s handcrafted from dyed grains of sand and takes many days to make. Monks painstakingly apply the sand to a canvas with metal tubes. It’s a meticulous job that requires great concentration and truly Buddhist discipline to sweep up and destroy afterwards. The process is believed to yield as many blessings as the number of grains that went into the mandala. Mandalas also serve to remind us that nothing in this world is permanent. Do you agree? Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Cicadas invade the US If you are not from the eastern part of the US, you probably haven't followed the cicada news. This year they've invaded the States, reemerging after 17 years. They have a short life cycle, only living for three weeks, breeding and then die. Some saw it as a good omen: people who spent months on lockdown are eager to meet insects who were trapped underground for almost two decades. Cicada fans, in the meantime, had fun, enjoyed chocolate-covered roast cicadas, made up songs and designed cicada-inspired artwork. Oxana Ware got famous after she made a photoshoot of cicadas pictured in different settings. Will cicadas bring change along? What do you think? Follow:https://t.me/rtdocumentary