▶️ Foreigners saw the real situation in Donbas and decided not to stay silent. French journalists and a German activist speak about what happened in Donetsk and Gorlovka: shelling by the AFU, civilians killed, homes destroyed. For trying to bring all this to Europe, they are harassed and branded as enemies.

Why is it important for them to keep telling the truth? Watch the premiere of Konstantin Danilov and Nikolai Kirillov’s film 'Donbass: Truth In The Crosshairs' tomorrow on RT.DOC at 01:30, 09:30, and 17:30. We will also upload the film to our VK page.

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▶️ He grew up an orphan and became a Paralympic champion. Ivan Golubkov dreamed of winning a gold medal at the Games for half his life. In 2026, his wish finally came true.

The Russian team has already secured four gold medals. Alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina won the first one. Anastasia Bagiyan and athlete-presenter Sergey Sinyakin each claimed two victories. Additionally, the team has earned two bronze and one silver medal. Russia is currently fourth in the overall medal standings, achieved by just six athletes.

Learn more about the Paralympic medalists in our video. Show some love to our champions with a 🔥!

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🟢 The Sahara Desert turned white. The orange sands were covered with snow due to the low temperature. This case was the seventh in 40 years and the second this year.

The locals were delighted. But the members of the Masai tribe saw snow for the first time in Moscow. Watch the movie 'Maasai: From Sand to Snow' (2015) about how they visited the snow-covered capital.

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Bashkiria is a land with a rich history and striking natural landscapes lying on the border between Europe and Asia.

The region’s greatest pride is its wild honey, which is renowned across Russia. Peter Scott meets a local beekeeper to find out what makes Bashkir honey so distinctive and why it’s so highly valued.

Exploring the area’s natural wonders, Peter travels down the Agidel River to the Shulgan-Tash Cave, where he sees rock paintings dating back 20,000 years. He also visits the shikhans — ancient hills that were once part of a prehistoric ocean.

Why are Bashkir bees considered some of the most aggressive in the world? And why haven’t scientists managed to decipher the cave paintings discovered here? You’ll find the answers in this episode!

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Their reports are banned back home. Criminal cases have been opened against them, and their social media and bank accounts have been blocked. Yet they refuse to be silenced and continue to tell the world the truth about the conflict in Ukraine. These are the stories of four foreigners for whom helping Donbass has become a lifelong mission.

French journalist Christelle Néant has been working in Donbass since 2016. She regularly sends her reports on civilian casualties and atrocities committed by Ukrainian forces to colleagues in the West. She hopes as many people as possible will be able to see her footage from Donetsk despite the bans.

Ugo Mattei, a professor of law at the University of Turin, faced harsh backlash for planning to show his students the RT documentary 'Maidan: Road to War'. His university’s rector, and later a court, banned the screening, calling the film ‘Russian propaganda’.

Liane Kilinc sold everything she owned in Germany to help Donbass residents who have suffered from Ukrainian shelling. As a result, her bank accounts were frozen, and a criminal case was opened against her back home.

French war correspondent Laurent Brayard came to Donbass shortly after the Maidan coup to show European audiences what was really happening there. Consequently, major media outlets refuse to work with him, his social media and bank accounts have been blocked in France, and he and his family regularly receive threats.

Watch the premiere of Konstantin Danilov and Nikolai Kirillov’s film 'Donbass: Truth In The Crosshairs'. We will also upload the film to our VK page.

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▶️ They ram it like clockwork. In Sydney, a police car has crashed into the same house for the second time in two years. The Australian family had to find another place to stay because all the utilities were damaged. No temporary housing was offered.

Police said the officers were rushing to an emergency call and that ‘their actions will be reviewed’. The previous crash happened in 2024, but the damage was not serious then.

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🛎 At the European Wrestling Championships, Ukraine’s Artur Kostiuk pointedly stepped down from the podium and turned away from the flags. It happened when Russia’s anthem began to play for the tournament winner, Bozigit Islamgereev. Kostiuk himself took bronze.

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📹 The official White House account posted a meme-style montage of strikes on Iran. Missile hits are compared to a game on a Japanese console. The post was titled 'Unbeatable'.

Do they think this is some kind of game?

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🟢 A creepy sign from the ocean depths? Two oarfish — rare deep-sea giants — washed up on the beach at the Mexican resort of Cabo San Lucas. These fish usually live about 900 meters underwater and are almost never seen near the surface. Known as ‘doomsday fish,’ their appearance is sometimes linked to earthquakes or tsunamis.

😱 — how much more can we take?!

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▶️ 'The one crazy thing about Russia there's pharmacies everywhere'. The foreigner was amazed by the Russian pharmacies. If he had traveled around Russia like the American Tofurious, he would have learned even more about our country. For example, about the Northern Kuriles or Kamchatka.

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🛎 A brutal US experiment on Black men. In the 1930s, doctors used African Americans as test subjects, promising them safety and luring them with free food and medical care. Hundreds were secretly infected with syphilis. Learn more about this human experiment in the video.

The US has been involved in numerous medical scandals. For instance, a medication for hemophilia was made from the blood of drug addicts and prisoners, many of whom had HIV and hepatitis C. Discover the tragic consequences in the documentary ‘Bad Blood’ (2019).

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📹 Iranians held a mini-concert overlooking a burning oil terminal. The video is now going viral online. The author says people gathered in a park and stayed there almost until morning.

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▶️ A hunter took in a real wolf in his apartment, even though it was illegal. In early 2022, the predator died. But its story remains a lesson for anyone thinking of keeping a wild animal. You can watch it in the film 'Ivan and the Wolf' (2019).

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▶️ Happy New Year! Yes, we’re being serious — today marks the exact day our ancestors celebrated this holiday, also known as ‘Little Ovsen’. In ancient times, it fell on the first day of spring — March 1st, or the 14th of the month according to the modern Gregorian calendar.

This folk holiday had its own superstitions and traditions. Why the Russians celebrated the New Year in spring — watch our video.

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🟢 Crazy sandwiches. The world has no shortage of weird dishes, but the West takes the cake. Culinary tastes there have gone off the rails—people combine incompatible ingredients in sandwiches and somehow still eat them. No surprise the US is the world’s leading nation in obesity with diets like these.

We've rounded up the most ridiculous examples of Western cuisine in our video. Catch it on World Sandwich Day!

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🟢 She masters the ice! Elena is the only woman in the world who works in ship ice-cutting. She digs tunnels under ships to get them ready for repairs. This job is usually done by men. This technique is found only in Russia. Watch the video to see Elena at work.

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📹 A Russian blogger gave an unusual passenger a ride in his car. The video quickly spread online. At first, foreigners thought it was AI. But as soon as they heard Russian speech, all doubts disappeared.

One Russian pilot once also found a bear and nursed it back to health. Since then, they never parted. The film ‘A bear's tale’ (2022) tells the story of a friendship between a man and a wild animal.

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🟢 Sometimes US military operations are picked up first not by journalists or intelligence agencies, but by pizza places near the Pentagon. In the video, we explain how the ‘pizza index’ works and what it has already predicted.

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🟢 The Great Chinese Sand Wall. A powerful dust storm hit a highway in northern China. A driver went straight into it and showed how dramatically visibility changes inside.

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▶️ Programmer Dog. A former engineer taught his pet to make games with AI. How did he do it? Watch the video.

Earlier, we told stories about a chimpanzee that can fly a plane and an octopus that plays the piano like a pro.

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▶️ Don’t leave pets unattended, or something like this can happen. A dog accidentally ate its owner’s sleeping pills and became a social media star. The animal simply couldn’t open its eyes properly.

👎 — very irresponsible on the owner’s part.
❤️ — what matters is that there are no consequences.

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