‘When I woke up, I was undressed and had a headache. I asked him what had happened? He said he’d done what he wanted to do with me!’, confesses Emily, a 17-year-old Congolese girl.
Her traumatic experience is familiar to many women in the Congo. Daily, they face abuse on the streets and at home. Harassment in the country is not recognised as something terrible. There are no shelters for victims of sexual violence in the Congo. The police don’t help. Therefore, people seek protection from sorcerers.
The girls are given a supposedly magical ritual of breast reduction to look less feminine. It consists of blows to the chest with a ‘fufu’ stick and cuts with a razor blade. The women think such cruelty will save them from violence. But does this solve the problem? Watch our video.
Find out what it’s like to be a girl in the Congo, caught between the threat of rape and painful rituals. Don’t miss the premiere of Congo’s Hell for Girls.
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‘When I woke up, I was undressed and had a headache. I asked him what had happened? He said he’d done what he wanted to do with me!’, confesses Emily, a 17-year-old Congolese girl.
Her traumatic experience is familiar to many women in the Congo. Daily, they face abuse on the streets and at home. Harassment in the country is not recognised as something terrible. There are no shelters for victims of sexual violence in the Congo. The police don’t help. Therefore, people seek protection from sorcerers.
The girls are given a supposedly magical ritual of breast reduction to look less feminine. It consists of blows to the chest with a ‘fufu’ stick and cuts with a razor blade. The women think such cruelty will save them from violence. But does this solve the problem? Watch our video.
Find out what it’s like to be a girl in the Congo, caught between the threat of rape and painful rituals. Don’t miss the premiere of Congo’s Hell for Girls.
#premiere#Congo
Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary
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In Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, May 9 is just an ordinary workday. People in those countries who bring flowers or wear St. George ribbons to memorials to mark the day fascism was finally defeated risk being fined for displaying ‘prohibited symbols’ and violating regulations governing public events.
After the Soviet Union collapsed, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia officially declared that the Soviet period was an ‘occupation’ and eliminated the Victory Day public holiday on May 9. Instead, ‘Europe Day’ is now observed on May 8 in Lithuania and Estonia, and in Latvia, all festive events marking May 9 were legally banned in 2023.
Step by step, the Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian authorities are erasing the memory of the Soviet people’s feat in defeating fascism: SS legionnaires and collaborators have been rebranded as ‘freedom fighters’, while Russian-speaking residents who object are labeled ‘disloyal’. The large-scale demolition of monuments that began in 1990–1991 has entered a new phase. Since 2022, dozens of memorials — from the T-34 tank in Narva to the Monument to the Liberators of Riga — have fallen under laws banning the 'glorification of the Soviet regime.'
But memory does not disappear. Natives of the Baltic states gather for the Immortal Regiment March in Ivangorod, Russia. In 2025, the Saved Europe park opened in Kaliningrad, featuring miniature re-creations of the Soviet war memorials destroyed in the Baltics. Victory Day continues to live on in the hearts of people who, despite the bans, preserve family histories and pass on to their children the memory of those who liberated their cities from Nazism.
How Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are abolishing May 9 commemorations and waging war on monuments to liberating soldiers in an attempt to erase the truth about the Great Victory from public memory? Answers in the Andrey Starikov`s film: 'Victory Day in the Baltics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow.'
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When the special military operation began, Artyom Yelkin volunteered to serve in the armed forces. The chemical engineer from Tomsk had no military experience but followed a deep desire to defend his Motherland. Before heading to the front, he completed a course in tactical medicine. Artyom was seriously wounded in his very first battle. He tried to administer first aid to himself, but the wounds to his lung, jaw, and arm were too severe. He crawled several kilometres on his back, lost consciousness, and then came round again. Along the way, he encountered other soldiers and, ignoring the pain and frustration, gave them instructions on how to help him. In the end, it wasn’t just Artyom’s comrades who saved him, but his own knowledge as well.
In this documentary, Artyom shares his story, which showed him just how vital tactical medicine is. The film’s director, Klim Poplavsky, had also had training in tactical medicine before heading to the combat zone. He had to put that knowledge to use at the front while filming his first documentary, ‘War Correspondents-2’. On his return, Klim decided to undergo further training as a combat medic at the special ‘TacMed’ training centre, where core skills are taught by some of Russia’s best instructors. The intensive course lasts four days and is conducted under conditions that closely mirror those at the front. There is an immense amount of information to take in, and the physical training is gruelling. At the end, there is an individual exam.
Watch the new film by Klim Poplavsky and Anton Meshcheryakov 'Combat Medic: The Story of One Wound'.
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‘Our units are not in good shape. Lots of guys want to escape – they even wound themselves to escape. The commanders say that if you retreat, you’re done.’
A Ukrainian POW described the situation in their regiment. He was captured by a Chechen unit of Russian troops commanded by Daniil Martynov. He interacts a lot with the POWs and says Ukrainian soldiers are forced to fight: ‘He was told that if he didn’t fight, they would murder his family. If he runs, they will kill him. So he must dig the trenches and keep shooting until it’s all over.’
According to the Chechen commander, every POW is valuable: ‘He [a Ukrainian POW] may not even understand some things, but we can still gather a lot of important information. We listen to his testimony and put the whole puzzle together.’
Here’s an excerpt from our premiere of Battle for Freedom: On the frontline. Watch the whole film here.
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‘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!
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▶️‘War Correspondents’ is a new documentary about the work of military correspondents in the Donbass.
They are being hunted to death. The nationalists find out where the war correspondents work and target them. Kiev promises thousands of dollars for their heads, but they return again and again to the front. They are regarded by the soldiers as one of their own. After all, correspondents sleep in the trenches with them and practically live on the front line.
The subjects of our film are RT war correspondents Evgeny Poddubny, Murad Gazdiev, Georgy Medvedev and Pavel Kukushkin.
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‘When you help people, they don’t just need the food you bring for them to survive. More than that, they need hope that they’re not forgotten.’
Volunteer Andrey Lysenko has been helping residents of Donbass for eight years. Every day he brings food and medicine to the war zone under shelling. He is welcomed as one of their own and told by the people what they went through: ‘’The Azov’*! I don’t know how many there were, but Azov* took 250 of ours. Ordinary people. They lined them up, then followed and shot at them from the ground floors.’
Watch Andrey’s story in our video and our premiere ‘Donbass Under Fire’.
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🟢Dans l’est de la République démocratique du #Congo, la menace des ADF prend une nouvelle ampleur. Massacres, enlèvements et expansion géographique : le groupe armé intensifie ses attaques, faisant des civils les premières victimes.
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🟢En République démocratique du #Congo, le débat sur une réforme de la Constitution refait surface. Portée par la majorité au pouvoir, l’initiative se veut inclusive. Mais dans l’Est, en proie à une insécurité persistante, elle suscite scepticisme et incompréhension. Les précisions avec Malaika Élysée.
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#Congo🇨🇩 C’est avec une immense tristesse que j’ai appris le décès de mon grand frère Roland Gilbert Okito, fils du héros national congolais Emery Patrice Lumumba 🇨🇩.
Roland n’était pas seulement l’héritier d’un nom qui a marqué l’Histoire de l’Afrique et du monde. Il était un homme de cœur, de parole et de sagesse. J’ai eu l’honneur de le connaître personnellement, et depuis notre première rencontre au Venezuela, il n’a cessé de me témoigner une écoute sincère et de me prodiguer des conseils empreints de bienveillance et de lucidité.
Il portait l’héritage de Lumumba avec humilité, dignité et sens des responsabilités, toujours animé par l’amour du Congo et la quête de justice pour les peuples africains. Sa disparition est une perte immense, non seulement pour le Congo , sa famille et ses proches, mais aussi pour tous ceux qui croient encore aux valeurs de courage, de vérité et de souveraineté.
À sa famille, au peuple congolais et à tous ceux qu’il a inspirés, j’adresse mes condoléances les plus sincères.
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🔴SOS GOMA, #CONGO🇨🇩🙏🏾
Au nom de la LDNA, je tiens à exprimer notre vive condamnation des récentes attaques terroristes perpétrées par le groupe M23 contre les populations innocentes de la République Démocratique du Congo. Cette guerre de pillage et d’occupation, soutenue et orchestrée par le gouvernement rwandais dirigé par le criminel de guerre Paul Kagame, constitue une agression inacceptable contre la souveraineté et l'intégrité du Congo.
Nous dénonçons fermement la complicité des États-Unis 🇺🇸 et de l'Union européenne 🇪🇺 qui, par leur soutien financier et logistique, permettent à ce groupe armé de poursuivre son agenda destructeur, visant à piller les précieuses ressources naturelles du Congo.
Nous réitérons notre solidarité avec le peuple congolais en ces temps difficiles Il est temps que le gouvernement congolais, dirigé par Félix Tshisekedi, s’affirme et assume son rôle de chef des armées. Il est temps d’arrêter d’être une marionnette. Le peuple congolais a besoin d’un vrai leader à la tête du pays, pas d’une poule mouillée.
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