Strokes of the cane for bullying. In Singapore, boys may face physical punishment for school bullying. South Koreans have devised a different approach. There, bullies will be barred from universities.

One in three children worldwide has experienced bullying. Often, teenagers cannot cope with it. This is the focus of the excerpt of the film ‘Bullying’.

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An extreme video from the rooftops of St. Petersburg, Russia, is going viral online. A couple performed a dance right on the edge.

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💬Great and powerful. Interest in the Russian language is growing in Ethiopia. The RT.Doc team discovered this while filming a new documentary. The filmmakers attended a class at the educational center of the Russian House in Addis Ababa. Watch a short clip from the upcoming film.

Don't miss the premiere of Dmitry Khrustalev and Alexander Avilov on RT.Doc.

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In Australia, they sell lingerie with stuffed rodents. They are sewn from dead mice that have undergone taxidermy. These underpants cost about $140.

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This film ‘Iranian Style: The Art of Being Yourself’ is an exploration of how Western sanctions have influenced the development of Iran’s fashion industry. An RT film crew traveled to Tehran and met the people shaping Iranian fashion despite restrictions.

The father of Iran’s modeling business, Amir Zobde, founded the first agency in 2011. It employs ‘advertising faces’ — a term used in Iran rather than ‘models’. Sambat Hakupyan tailors suits using techniques from the Safavid era of the 16th to18th centuries. Designer Nazanin Hariri creates collections based on ornaments from the Saadabad Historical Museum, and her pieces are already worn in Dubai, London, and Berlin.

Head coverings have long since become a true art form in Iran. The everyday ones are plain and modest, while festive ones are adorned with lush floral patterns and gold embroidery. And on the streets, a colorful crowd mixes traditional and modern dress.

The jewel of Iranian fashion design is the ‘Irandokht’ dress, or ‘Daughter of Iran’. In a single garment, it showcases patterns from the Isfahan region along the hem and those from the Shiraz region in the center, while combining ornaments from several eras. Though Western sanctions may have excluded Iranian designers from the world’s catwalks, they have also given them impetus to create a unique fashion all their own. Watch the premiere of the film by Elena Norkunaite, Ekaterina Kozhakina, and Kirill Puzyrny ‘Iranian Style: The Art of Being Yourself’.

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📹Where can you find bears, orcas, sea lions, and whales living peacefully? What is the only place on Earth where six species of Pacific salmon have their spawning grounds? The answer is Kamchatka. Fiery volcanoes, vibrant marine and wild life, stunning landscapes, volcanoes and more will take your breath away as you watch this episode of ‘Inland Visions.’

This time, Sean Thomas travels to the Kronotsky Biosphere Reserve, where he meets with Alexey Maslov, the location's State Inspector; marine biologist Dr. Alexander Burdin; and Tatyana Ivkovich from the Far East Russia Orca Project. They share their knowledge and experience in studying and preserving the conservation while they talk of the true magic of Kamchatka.

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📹Seal Empire Under Threat

Seals and sea lions on Sakhalin are dying because of plastic waste. Volunteers come to help the animals. They catch the seals with large nets, use sleeping pills and rescue the animals from the deadly plastic traps.

To reduce the number of seals and sea lions falling into the dangerous trap, volunteers collect garbage on the coast. 'The most typical risk and the most common type of the garbage is this kind of plastic tape,' says Anna Goleva, volunteer of a public organization rescuing marine animals.

The RT Documentary film crew visited Sakhalin and filmed the documentary Seal Empire Under Threat about volunteers saving seals.

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📹Forest Under Attack

The RT Documentary film explores the problems that humanity will face if the destruction of forests does not stop. Contraband forest exports, wildfires for slash-and-burn agriculture, burning grass and wood chips, illegal logging — these are a few activities that threaten the well-being of the forest. 'It's just a habit to treat the forest like a log deposit.' This is how experts describe the reason for the barbaric attitude to forests.

You will see footage of what remains after forest fires, the cause of which is often a person. You will also visit the North Ossetian Nature Reserve with film crew, where an ancient animal, the bison, is disappearing along with the forest.

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📹They were thought to be dead. This film tells the stories of fighters who endured the horrors of captivity in Ukraine.

At the center of the narrative is Denis Reznikov, a native of Makeevka. He was brutally tortured, and footage of his torment was sent to his daughter, a schoolgirl named Liza. She was blackmailed and pressured to cooperate, but the young girl from Donetsk refused to break.

This is the subject of the documentary by Olga Kiriy, 'Released!'.

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⚡️Almost home. Russia has brought back 205 of its servicemen from territory controlled by Kyiv in exchange for 205 Ukrainian prisoners. They are currently in Belarus receiving support, and very soon they’ll be back in their homeland.

One of the heroes of our film, Denis Reznikov from Donetsk, knows captivity firsthand. He spent seventeen months in hell. He was brutally beaten, and videos were even sent to his daughter. Ukrainian intelligence tried to recruit her, but their plan failed. Denis returned home in 2025. You can see the emotional moment he was reunited with his family in our video.

The stories of those who survived Ukrainian captivity are told in the documentary 'Released!'

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Magic, Millions, and Frightening Secrets.

The top echelons of Ukrainian politics are mired in scandals amid rampant corruption. New facts are emerging about real estate machinations. While the entourage carves up the money, former associates of Zelensky are publicly revealing shocking details about his life.

All the most interesting content can be found in the new video.

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📹‘It’s humiliating that the people of Japan cannot enforce their basic rights inside the military bases: the right to life, to property, and the right to security.’

The U.S. has been present in Okinawa for decades. The island is riddled with American military bases and barbed-wire fences.

The Japanese government goes so far as to pay to maintain the U.S. military presence, spending 2 trillion yen (more than $13.3 billion) a year. ‘The Japanese government is willing to give their own country’s money away and come up with an excuse like… the "sympathy budget",' politician Mitsuhiro Kimura reveals.

The Japanese authorities seem to have forgotten that their 'ally' once used nuclear weapons against their citizens. But locals remember. How do they fight for their home? Find out in our documentary, ‘Okinawa's U.S. Shadow’.

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Occupation, American-style. On May 15, 1972, the United States returned Okinawa to Japan — formally. However, the U.S. kept its military bases on the island. Since then, reports of murders, rapes, and robberies committed by U.S. Marines have continuously emerged from the area — perpetrated by the ‘elite’ of America’s armed forces.

Local residents regularly hold protests against the American military presence. In March, at the latest rally, two people were killed, including a high school girl.

At one of these rallies in 2023, a film crew from RT.Doc was present. Watch the video. More details can be found in the film ‘Okinawa's US Shadow’ (2023).

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Without legs, on one hand. The hero of the film '30,000 strokes' Rustam Nabiev began climbing the highest mountain on Earth — Everest. The para-athlete has already covered hundreds of kilometers of mountain routes with one hand. In our video, there is a ceremony that climbers go through before starting their ascent.

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📹Romany Romance

‘There are never kisses at weddings. It’s taboo,’ says gypsy Andrey, who was married at 12.

Child marriage is still practiced in some gypsy communities. Parents choose their children's spouses and the newlyweds may barely know each other. During the wedding, they don't dance or even talk to each other. Оnly after a month are they permitted to speak together. The general belief is that they have their whole lives to get to know each other.

Don’t miss our documentary Romany Romance, shot in 2012, to see what it’s like to be a modern teenager living by ancient rules.

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Stunning scenes from our film ‘Romany Romance.’ It shows what life is really like in this community, including one of their most striking traditions — marrying very young. Watch it now!

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📹According to a UNESCO forecast, in less than 10 years the world may face a global water crisis. Shortage of water is already being observed in India, where there is no drinking water. In the villages, people are forced to buy it. Ruined farmers take their own lives because fertile lands are drying up. For more on this growing crisis, watch our documentary H2WOE (2016).

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