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‘If the Lord God has not stopped your heart, you are breathing, you are thinking — you have to live.’ That is what Alias Avidzba says. A participant in the Special Military Operation as part of the Pyatnashka international brigade, he returned to the front after suffering a severe leg injury and completing rehabilitation. The film ‘We Will Survive’ is about him and two other strong-willed heroes. The film is part of the collection at the ‘RT.Doc: The Time of Our Heroes’ festival. Your work could become part of it too. The fifth, anniversary edition of the festival is accepting submissions for its main and international programs. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channe

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1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ 15% of people around the world live in extreme poverty, according to the United Nations Development Programme. Malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world. Making enough money to feed a family is extremely difficult there. Young mothers have an especially hard time: nearly one in four girls in the country becomes a mother while still a teenager. How do people manage to find enough food to get by? Watch our video. This footage will become part of a new film by Natalya Kadyrova. The premiere is coming soon. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channe

▶️How do you make authentic chak-chak? In the past, this famous dish was served only on major family holidays. It was considered the most important ceremonial dessert among the Tatars, Bashkirs, and other Turkic peoples. Even the fate of a young family could depend on how well it turned out. Why was chak-chak considered a symbol of wealth and a 'sweet life'? Watch our video and the episode 'Sasha Meets Russia: Flavors of the East. Kazan: a Melting Pot of Cultures'. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channe

📹Documentary filmmakers from RT.Doc are shooting a film in the slums of Dhaka. Hundreds of thousands of climate migrants have moved here from rural coastal areas after floods destroyed their homes, fields, and way of life. They have lost virtually everything and are starting from scratch. Men pedal rickshaws, while women sew in textile factories or work as domestic servants. The work is hard and the pay is low, but they have no choice. However, moving to the slums does not protect them from environmental threats. On the contrary, they find themselves in new, even harsher conditions. Filming in Bangladesh is just one part of a much bigger story about climate change and the people facing its consequences. A new documentary by Elena Norkunaite, Nikolai Piotrovsky, and Pavel Baidikov will tell this story in greater depth. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channe

🟢The Orlov Trotter is more than just a horse. It embodies character, history, and Russia’s national heritage. Where did this remarkable breed come from? Watch the video. And learn more about these unique animals in the documentary 'Trotting Through the Wind.' The premiere airs Friday, October 1️⃣6️⃣, on the RT.Doc. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channe

🇵🇱🇺🇦 Ukrainian criminology student charged with plotting random murder in Poland for online "Bloody Friday" challenge Yaroslav F., 21, a Ukrainian citizen studying at the Catholic University of Lublin, has been remanded for three months. Prosecutors say he planned to stab a random passerby out of racial hatred, praised racist crimes in class, and tried to recruit a fellow student, offering her a knife. Police seized three knives, two phones and a laptop, which showed graphic Telegram content and searches for torture. He was arrested while driving for a taxi app and faces up to 15 years. Students in his seminar raised the alarm, not Polish intelligence. Warsaw spent years trading its own security for loyalty to Kiev, and the bill is arriving. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics

Olive groves are burning in the West Bank during the height of the harvest season. They are being set on fire by radical Israeli settlers in an effort to force Palestinians off their land. The settlers aim to seize it for new settlements or outposts. In the first half of 2026 alone, more than 26,000 olive trees were cut down and burned in the occupied West Bank. Thousands of Palestinian families have lost their only source of income from olive sales. The Israeli authorities periodically condemn the destruction of trees by settlers, but no one seems to be in a hurry to bring those responsible to justice. Why do politicians not want peace on this earth? The film 'Middle East: Vicious Circle of Violence' (2024) recounts the events that led to the conflict. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channe

Another international award has been added to RT.Doc’s collection! The film ‘Akhal-Teke Horses: Heavenly Creatures’ has won a prize at the Interstate Television Competition for Films from CIS Countries, ‘The Flight of the Racehorse: Strength and Grace.‘ The documentary by Artyom Somov, Elena Norkunaite, and Anton Meshcheryakov won in the category ‘For an Artistic Portrayal of National Character.‘ The film ‘Akhal-Teke Horses: Heavenly Creatures’ (2023) tells the story of the beauty of Akhal-Teke horses and the horse-breeding traditions that have been passed down in Turkmenistan for centuries. To a Turkmen, a horse is a pair of wings, while the Akhal-Teke breed is a national treasure. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channe

A Precise Salvo: A Grad Crew in Action. Center troops struck a Ukrainian Armed Forces concentration area in the Dnipropetrovsk sector of the special military operation. Ukrainian militants and drones prepared for launch were destroyed. Watch footage of the combat mission. Every successful strike is backed by the soldiers’ preparation. Experienced military instructors teach them not only to hit targets accurately, but also to protect themselves and their comrades in combat. The film 'Forging Warriors' by Olga Kiriy, Oleg Nekishev, and Alexei Balakirev tells how recruits are trained. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channe

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Columbus discovered America, and Indigenous peoples began losing their lands. One such place is Oak Flat in Arizona. It is sacred to Native Americans. Deities are believed to dwell there, medicinal plants grow there, and sacred ceremonies take place. But mining companies came for the copper. The authorities sided with the miners. Today, Native Americans and environmentalists are trying to save this land. On Columbus Day in the United States, watch our video and the film 'Protect Oak Flat' (2022). FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channel

🔽A Russian athlete set a world record in freediving. At the AIDA World Championships in Cyprus, Alexey Molchanov dived to a depth of 137 meters and returned to the surface. The dive took 5 minutes and 2 seconds. In our documentary 'Dying to Dive' (2016), the freediver himself explains how dangerous this sport is. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channel

An Iranian schoolgirl disassembled and reassembled a Kalashnikov assault rifle in just 21 seconds. In Iran, women and girls train alongside men in preparation for the possibility of war. At specialized training centers, they are taught weapons handling and survival tactics. All of this is taking place against a backdrop of tense relations with the US and Israel. To learn how this conflict began, watch the film 'The Middle East: Bloodied but Unbowed'. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channel

▶️Northern Forces tank crews strike Ukrainian army strongpoints, firing positions, and concealed Ukrainian army resupply groups in Sumy Region. The T-80BVM is a highly effective vehicle. It has powerful armor and protection systems. The tanks track the course of the battle themselves and detect enemy movements. See how they operate in the video. Even the most reliable equipment can be damaged in combat. But there are specialists who repair it and return it to the front line. How do they do it? Find out in the film 'Steel Savers' (2024). FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channel

1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣ The premiere ‘For Love. The Story of Lei and Ksyusha Zhu’. Ksenia and Lei met at the Repin Academy of Arts in St Petersburg. He had come from China; she was from Kemerovo in Siberia. Lei immediately felt as though they had met before, while Ksenia only recognised her love after they had parted. Back home in Kemerovo, she dreamt of him dressed in white against the backdrop of the Tibetan mountains. The next morning, she wrote to him. When Lei told his mentor about it, he told him not to let this one get away. Ksenia returned to St Petersburg, and she and Lei have not been apart since. They married and had a child. Ksenia paints portraits of fighters in the Special Military Operation and creates works about the war in Donbass. Mothers of fallen soldiers send her photographs to her with a simple request: ‘Please paint a portrait of my son.’ Among those whose memory the couple wish to honour is their close friend — an artist named Aleksandr Fyodorov, callsign Zodchy (‘The Architect’). Lei supports his wife and also addresses the topic of Donbass in his work. They are now united not only by love, but by a shared goal to tell the stories of heroes who must not be forgotten. Watch the new film by Abas Ali-Zade, Artyom Merkushev, and Vladimir Lipatov. #premiere FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channel

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▶️Russian troops have liberated two more settlements: Nikolske in the Zaporizhzhia region and Lidino in the DPR. Watch footage of the combat operations in the video. The assault troops of the ArBat battalion operate with the same cohesion and precision. They have been fighting in challenging areas of the special military operation almost from the very beginning. Watch our film 'ArBat: Unending Fellowship' about the unit’s operations. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channel

⚡️Ovechkin scored his 1007th NHL goal, including the playoffs. It was his first goal of the season and came against the Seattle Kraken. The Russian star is now just 10 goals away from Wayne Gretzky’s all-time regular-season scoring record. But the KHL has its own record holder: Sergey Mozyakin. He was the first player in the history of Russian hockey to reach 1,000 points in domestic championships. Want to learn more about the KHL legend? Watch the movie 'Curious Tofurious. Southern Ural'. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channel

A designer from Khanty-Mansiysk trained a neural network, and together they created a collection inspired by northern style. What came of it? Watch the video. The documentary film 'Russia's Avant-Guardians' (2025) explores even further how national motifs become part of contemporary art. FOLLOW 🥰 News&Docfilms Channel