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‘It’s better to depend on yourself than on the government for protection. What is the downside here? The downside is your family members might not survive because you made the wrong choice of being prepared. You thought that your government would take care of you.’ Kansas businessman Larry Hall is convinced of this. He sells seats in a luxury bunker that used to be a ballistic missile silo. The underground shelter looks like a five-star hotel and perhaps even surpasses it. The bunker has luxurious apartments, a saltwater swimming pool, and even a clinic with an operating room. People can live here in comfort and safety for a year. The demand for bunkers in the USA is high, and sellers are ready to supply rich clients and less wealthy buyers too. What bunkers are available in the USA, and what threats push Americans to buy them - watch the documentary Armageddon Ready to find out. #Kansas#bunker Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Do you know what ‘take on the moustache’ means? And why are fishermen not afraid to fall through the ice when a nuclear-powered ship cuts it next to it? And why is there only one woman on some icebreakers? Watch our premiere Iceline. Lifeline. It is about the ‘Siberia’, Russia’s newest icebreaker. At the beginning of this year, it went straight from the shipyard to the Arctic to escort convoys. Maksim Zhitnyak serves as the first mate on the icebreaker. We talked about him in 2014 in documentary Seven Seas of Ice when he first joined the fleet. Maksim recalls that at that time, he was greatly tormented by seasickness. ‘For three weeks, I could not get used to pitching’, he said. Today he’s an experienced sailor, and his ‘Siberia’ solves the most difficult tasks in the Arctic. Which you can know from the post. #premiere#Siberia#Iceline Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Rwanda has the highest percentage of women members of parliament in the world. More than sixty percent of elected representatives are women. It’s partly due to the genocide of 1994 when up to a million people were slaughtered. Since then, women have accounted for the bulk of the working population. Now they work everywhere: in government, commerce, and even construction. Rwanda’s female population argues the country is now equal, and it is women who have made it happy and prosperous. Watch our clip and documentary Rwanda: Women in Charge about brave and decisive Rwanda women. #Rwanda#women Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘They [Ukrainian military] hit their own people. Snipers shot from the factory from different... civilian passageways at people riding bicycles. It is not clear what for or why they suppressed civilians.’ In an exclusive interview with RT Documentary, a fighter of the Vostok battalion, codename ‘Iron’, described the behaviour of the Ukrainian military hiding at the Azovstal plant. The soldier took part in the liberation of the plant from Ukrainian forces after more than three months. Russian troops repeatedly offered the occupiers to surrender, but they refused. It was not until 20 May they laid down their arms and walked out with a white flag. The Vostok battalion soldier thinks the captured Ukrainian soldiers should be taken to a tribunal: ‘They’re military, aren’t they? Yes. They [Ukrainian military] make a sack of meat and bones out of them.’ More fighters’ stories in our new film premiering soon. #Ukraine Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

“These are the Nazis; they [the Armed Forces of Ukraine] tortured us for eight years before. Now they want to show that they are protecting Ukraine.” When the Ukrainian military was in the city, Mariupol residents told how they lived without food, water, or heat. How relatives, friends, and neighbours who died from Ukrainian shelling were buried. “I want to convey to Zelensky personally: “Can this be allowed? After all, it was possible to solve everything humanly.” And he, the scoundrel, decided to destroy us? says a resident. Only after the departure of the Ukrainian army, where possible, did they begin to restore the water supply and conduct electricity gradually. Memories of Mariupol residents about the atrocities of the Ukrainian army will be included in our new film. And also the chronology of events and how the nationalist movement was formed in Ukraine. Premiere soon. Do not miss it. #Mariupol#Ukraine Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

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'Our real life happens here. Our children grow up here. Raising kids in the tundra is tough, but children are still needed'. That what's our film's subject says about living in the far North. Pavla lives in the tundra, and she is a ‘chumwife’, a housewife of Russia’s traditional far North nomadic people. She runs all the household and brings up children by herself. Her family also raise deer. Watch our video to learn more about their life. Pavla's family story is in the documentary Tundra Wonder Mums. #traditions#humanstories Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Two years ago, the World Health Organisation excluded being transgender from the list of mental disorders. But is it the real salvation? In most cases, psychological problems are not being solved by changing sex. A character in our film, Walt Heyer, says, '40% of people attempting suicide are people who regret ever-changing genders'. Walt was suffering from gender dysphoria, the feeling of being uncomfortable with his original sex. Doctors insisted a sex transition would be the solution, but it didn't help. Changing the gender did not solve the internal problems but only made them stronger. Watch our video to see why Walt didn't overcome gender identification problems by changing sex. You can learn more about transgender people who regretted changing sex in our documentary film I Want My Sex Back. #humanstories Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘Azov fighters deserve the death penalty. But the death penalty is not from a bullet but by hanging. Because they are not fighters, they are not warriors’. Yashat lived with his family on the territory of Azovstal plant. For more than a month, they hid from the shelling of the Azov fighters in the basement. It was not safe to leave the shelter even at night. ‘They shoot at our legs, they just shoot with bullets, so we can’t even go to the toilet... We lived in dog conditions’, says Irina, Yashat's wife. Memories of civilians of the actions of the Azov will be included in the new RT Documentary film premiering soon. #Donbass Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

‘As soon as you notice the change, when you’re lighter after using cream, you feel more beautiful’, these are the words of a black Senegalese woman Khuja, who bleaches her skin. Many Senegalese women use skin whitening cream. They think they look prettier that way. But this procedure is hazardous, and it can lead to several terrible diseases. However, this does not stop women. Doctors are calling for a ban on the import of brightening creams into the country. But the cosmetic business brings in billions of dollars, and no one wants to give up such profits. See more about these women in the video and our film Beauty and the Bleach. #humanstories Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

Watch how newborn pandas are raised and become strong adults. The Giant panda is one of the wildlife protection symbols. China is the only country where pandas still live in the wild. The panda breeding centre in Chengdu employs highly qualified specialists. As a result, the pandas live in safety and have the right conditions for successful procreation, and the cubs are given all the care to ensure they survive. The process of raising a panda is shown in our video. To learn more about how China saves giant pandas in the documentary It's a Pandaful Life! #nature Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary