📹What do you know about St Basil’s Cathedral? It is one of the most recognisable buildings in the world. During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the cathedral overtook Luzhniki Stadium in terms of attendance. The cathedral’s history goes back more than four and a half centuries. It was built by order of Tsar Ivan the Terrible.

We’re showing the documentary St. Basil’s: An Icon of Russia (2021), about the famous cathedral.

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▶️July 12, 1561 — the date of the birth of Moscow’s most famous church. On this day, St. Basil's Cathedral was consecrated. Today it is 4️⃣6️⃣5️⃣ years old.

It is an active church and a museum. Legends and facts about this Moscow landmark are in our video and film "St. Basil's: an Icon of Russia."

This year, RT Documentary is celebrating its 15th anniversary! Learn more about our films and their creators in the special project.

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💬 ‘Art is the soul.’ Ecuadorian artist Manuel Izquierdo is convinced of this. The artist believes that the love of beauty should be nurtured from childhood.

Manuel studied for some time in Leningrad. He then returned to his homeland and opened a workshop. He explains that his students are an important part of his life. Manuel strives to pass on all his knowledge to them.

Watch our film 'Mirrors or Gold: Sketches by Manuel Izquierdo' about the life and art of the artist with a Russian soul.

You can learn more about the RT.Doc channel and its films from the special project '15 Years by the Script of Truth'.

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🔽The bad weather didn’t scare them off. A SUP festival has kicked off at Moscow’s Serebryany Bor park — and it’s not an ordinary one!

Participants dressed up as various characters. Watch the vivid footage in the video.

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🔽This dance is a true pride of Kabardino‑Balkaria, Russia. It is called kafa. According to an ancient custom, partners barely touch each other — yet this strictness conceals a unique beauty.

Peter Scott, host of the project ‘Inland Visions’, attended a performance and discovered what makes this tradition so special. Find out more in our video. And to learn about other things that make the republic famous, watch the episode ‘Kabardino‑Balkaria: Land of Dance and Craft’.

On the RT.Doc special project site ‘15 Years by the Script of Truth’, you’ll discover more about our channel, its creators, and its heroes.

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🐿A crime in broad daylight. A chipmunk stole instant noodles from a tourist at Lake Baikal in Russia.

Check out the funny footage in the video.

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🟢Here is another anniversary wish for RT.Doc to add to the collection, this time from France.

André Fadda, a member of the international Anti-Fascist Caravan, congratulated the channel on its anniversary. As part of a delegation, he travelled to Donbass to see what is happening with his own eyes and to support the civilians.

‘You give a voice to real stories. Your work is an example of courage,’ Fadda said.

Knowing that people watch and support us abroad is a great reward!

You can find even more congratulations from friends of RT.Doc and news about our films in the special project ‘15 Years by the Script of Truth’.

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A horrifying story from the USA.

This place has been dubbed a “house of horrors” online. For four years, parents kept their own children locked away. Sixteen people lived in a tiny room filled with trash, dirt, and feces. The grandparents knew what was happening but turned a blind eye. Or perhaps they helped… The investigation still has much to uncover.

Why didn’t neighbors call the police? We discuss it in our video.

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A new episode of the project 'Lumumba's Africa' — 'Hunger'.

Africa is a rich and fertile continent. Yet it remains reliant on imports of staple foods such as meat, wheat, maize, and eggs.

Agriculture across the continent is highly dependent on rainfall: when a season is dry, harvests are at risk, as fields are often not equipped with machinery or irrigation systems.

According to the professor Lumumba, the fertilisers and seeds frequently imported from abroad are poorly suited to local environmental conditions. Meanwhile, crops that are well adapted to the climate, which have traditionally sustained local populations, are being cultivated less and less. At the same time, reliance on imports increases Africa’s dependence on external supplies.

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‘Blessed is he who visited this world
in its fateful moments!’

Vlad Malenko began his 15th anniversary congratulatory message to RT.Doc with these lines by Fyodor Tyutchev. Vlad is a long time friend of ours! His work about the resilience of the people of Donbass was performed on the stage of the ‘RT.Doc: Time of Our Heroes’ festival. Furthermore, Malenko's modern interpretation of ‘Katyusha’ is featured in the RT collection.

The special project ‘15 Years by the Script of Truth’ is all about how we work, shoot films, and live. Come take a look!

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“Iran made a poor choice. Now they pay”

That is how Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth described the new wave of strikes on Iran. The ceasefire between the countries lasted less than a month and was repeatedly violated. Now Washington has issued an ultimatum to Tehran: Iran must publicly renounce attacks on commercial vessels.

The sides failed to reach an agreement on this issue. Tehran wants to approve lists of who can pass through the Strait of Hormuz and under what conditions. The US opposes this and demands free passage for everyone. More details in the video.

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Joint Russian-Chinese naval exercises were held in the Yellow Sea. Artillery, machine-gun systems, and electronic warfare equipment were used during the live-fire drills.

Watch the video to see how it happened.

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82 years ago, Soviet soldiers liberated Vilnius. The residents of the city were finally able to get rid of the Nazi occupation.

No matter how many attempts are made in the Baltic States to rewrite history and blacken the memory of the liberators, the facts remain facts. And no amount of anti-Russian attacks will undo the feat of those who crushed fascism and restored freedom to Europe. This is what our video and the film 'Victory Day in the Baltics: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow' are about.

Learn more about RT's truthful documentaries.You can do it on the website of the special project ‘15 Years by the Script of Truth’.

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Whatever happened to the USSR's only nuclear-powered spy ship?

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union attempted to monitor U.S. ballistic missile tests wherever possible. However, it lacked an extensive network of military bases abroad and the capabilities of its existing spy and reconnaissance ships were limited. The Pacific Ocean, specifically the U.S. test site at Kwajalein Atoll, remained a blind spot for Moscow.

The new nuclear-powered spy ship, the SSV-33 ‘Ural’, whose construction began in the mid-1970s, was designed to fill this gap. At the same time, the ‘Korall’ electronic warfare system, which included ‘Elbrus’ supercomputers, was being developed specifically for it. It was capable of recording a maximum amount of information about a launched missile, including its type, range, weight, number of warheads and even, possibly, the chemical composition of the rocket fuel.

The one-of-a-kind ‘Ural’ was launched in 1983, but it wasn't commissioned until six years later. Numerous faults on board had to be addressed and its electronic systems had to be upgraded. However, breakdowns continued even after the ship was transferred to the Navy and fires in 1990 and 1991 finally put it out of commission. Moreover, there was no money left for repairs in the collapsing USSR.

The ‘Ural’ never made it to the Kwajalein Atoll, managing only to monitor the northern Pacific Ocean for a time. It then served as a floating barracks for about 10 years; in 2001, it was decommissioned and, 18 years later, was scrapped entirely.

Credit: United States Department of Defense

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