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#video ‘They tied me with tape to a post and said: ‘If you break free, we’ll shoot you.’’ This is how 78-year-old Viktor, a local historian in Donbass, was treated for participating in rallies in 2014 supporting Russia. He said he was saved from being tortured and wasn’t transferred to Azov* by chance: ‘A police patrol was passing, and they let me go.’ Victor’s phone was taken away, so he was out of touch with his relatives living in Russia. We gave his video message to his family: ‘To my relatives, my daughter Marina - I’m alive.’ The apartment, where he lived for more than half a century, is completely burned down: ‘It is terrible to get used to the fact that being 78 years old I do not have my own place’. ‘Almost everyone around me is waiting for the DNR troops to come as liberators. Everyone considers Russia their native land and the DNR as part of it.’ But, he says, ‘it is necessary to endure’, and peace will come. *recognised in Russia as extremist and banned Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video ‘The most common is probably plastic bags over the head. So that a person cannot breathe.’ A former officer of the Security Service of Ukraine, Vasily Prozorov, told RT Documentary about torture at a secret Ukrainian prison. ‘The Library’ was in a restaurant at Mariupol airport: ‘They are just two refrigerators. Thick iron doors that were closed. And rooms padded with iron’. According to Prozorov, the torture chamber appeared in June 2014, when the Azov* battalion was mopping up DNR supporters in Mariupol. An interview with Vasily Prozorov, where he talks about the ‘Library’ in detail, will be included in a new RT Documentary film. Will you be watching it? *recognized in Russia as extremist and banned Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video "It sucks. We’re suffering the price for something that’s happening in another country." Sanctions were imposed on Russia, but Europe and America felt the adverse effects just as much. Why did it happen? Russia is the most sanctioned country in the world. Russia is currently under 6,000 sanctions, well ahead of Iran’s 3,600. Switzerland leads with a total of 824 sanctions imposed on Russia. Though most of them are personal, hundreds of companies were sanctioned, too. It takes a toll on the vulnerable categories of the population. But it also threatens the world economy. Our video contains excerpts from our documentary, which presents a thorough analysis of the current political and economic situation, as leading economists, political scientists and scholars express their views and account for what is happening. They will dwell on the boomerang effect sanctions have and where this policy the West is pursuing will lead. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video The pro-choice community in the United States has been outraged by the recent decision of Texas Governor Greg Abbott to sign one of the strictest abortion laws in the US, the Heartbeat Act, which prohibits abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy. Protests swept across America, and even celebrities like Billie Eilish and Uma Thurman joined in. However, not everyone was on the same page. For example, Claire survived a late-term abortion, and her twin brother didn’t. For that reason, she has been an advocate of the pro-life position all her life. She is not alone. Many women hold the same opinion and have reasons for that, which are hard to ignore. Doctors warn that a total abortion ban may increase illegal procedures, as was the case before they were legalised in 1973. Who is right, and what turn will this discussion take? Tune in for the Abortion: America’s Divide on RT Documentary. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video ‘They don’t let anyone out because they say: ‘We are the last to leave, and you are our protection, you are our shields.’ So they hide in our yards, sit in the yard and shoot.’ This is how the residents of Mariupol describe what the Azov* battalion fighters were doing. Our camera crew talked to those still in the city. Svetlana came up and asked to record an appeal to the president of Ukraine. She was in the deepest despair: ‘Greetings to Zelensky, personally... What have you done? What have you done, you bastard? How many people, how many orphans, how many... It’s horrible.’. Another woman led our film crew to the grave of her 27-year-old daughter, who was killed in the shelling. ‘I buried her in front of the window’. Now she is caring for her wounded sister, diagnosed with diabetes. Medicine is scarce, and the days are running out. There are many elderly people left in the city, many of them wounded. *recognised in Russia as extremist and banned Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video ‘It’s all over, Valechka, you’re already here. It's all over now.’ American Russell Bentley fighting in Donbass and an RT Documentary team helped reunite a family. Stanislav and Valentina, both 70, and their 50-year-old daughter Irina were taken from Mariupol. Stanislav’s sister Larisa asked for help to have her relatives brought to Donetsk. It eventually took a few days, and they even got to bring their cat Terra with them. On the way, everyone was crying, even Russell, who came from the United States eight years ago to defend the Donbass. You can find his story in the movie Donbass. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow. ‘We were brought up. I thought you would leave us,’ said Valentina. The family still doesn't believe that they managed to meet. This story will be in a new RT Documentary film. Don't miss the premiere! Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video ‘People are being kicked out into the square, Ukrainian soldiers are occupying flats, and they are shooting from the windows...’ This is what Mariupol residents whose apartment buildings have been half destroyed by shells told us. Entire families fled the city center and settled in a building on the outskirts, hoping it would be safer there. There is no heating in the building, people sleep in warm clothes because it gets very cold at night, and they cook outside. The explosions and rumbling never stop. Natalya, the mother of ten-year-old Sveta, says the girl ‘even flinches in her sleep, she’s really afraid.’ But most of the adults don't notice the explosions and say they’re already used to it. Mariupol residents say some people have been intimidated by Ukrainian volunteers: ‘They said that people are sent to Siberia, to the Urals, that passports and phones are taken away, and you’ll be left with only document saying you’re a displaced person.’ Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video On August 8, 2008, Georgian tanks rumbled into Tskhinval, South Ossetia’s capital. Decades of simmering conflict between Tbilisi and the breakaway republic finally erupted when Georgia launched an assault to retake the region. As artillery fire rained down on residential districts, Moscow came to Ossetian rescue, and the war ended in five days, still claiming hundreds of civilian lives. Over a decade has passed, as the South Ossetians have been trying to rebuild their lives. At the time, people who were kids recall the shelling of their houses and fleeing bombing hoping their children would grow up free of such blood-curdling memories. South Ossetia is to hold a status referendum on joining the Russian Federation after the next presidential election on April 10. President of South Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov said legal steps in this direction have already been made. Watch the full documentary @documentaryplanet Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video ‘My comrade and I decided to lay down our arms and leave. We were intimidated by our commander. They intimidated us, saying… Azov fighters* would shoot you.’ RT Documentary’s exclusive footage shows war prisoners who served in Unit 3057 of the National Guard of Ukraine in the city of Mariupol. The prisoners explain why they decided to lay down their arms and said Russian servicemen treated them “better than the Ukrainian army.” This interview will be included in a new RT Documentary film. So don’t miss the premiere. *recognized in Russia as extremist and banned Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#video ‘We sent our children off to school, and we didn’t know if we would see them again.’ This is the second time Zinaida’s family has had to abandon their home in Eastern Ukraine. The first time was in 2014. Then, they fled to Russia and were housed in a church. They don’t understand why their compatriots have turned against them, and their suffering has been ignored for eight years. Zinaida says it might sound cruel, but maybe now those fleeing to Europe will understand what it was like for the people of Donbass all this time. Hear from more Donbass residents who found shelter in Russia in the upcoming documentary, Ukraine: Heading East. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary

#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