An icy trap high in the Himalayas. A bear cub plunged into a deep glacial crevasse and was unable to climb out. With every passing moment, his chances of survival were fading. His mother fiercely kept rescuers at a distance, but they managed to distract her and pull the cub to safety unharmed. Watch the dramatic rescue in our video.

Mansur the bear also came close to death. He was saved by pilot Andrey Ivanov. His story is told in the film 'A Bear's Tale' (2022).

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📹In the United States, even children are prescribed antidepressants. If parents refuse to provide their kids the medication, social services may intervene.

Many Americans take pills for most of their lives. To give up medication is as difficult to give up drugs, yet doctors just keep prescribing more and more medicine to their patients.

How do those who are dependent on antidepressants live? This issue is explored in 'Overpill' (2017).

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This trial is already being called one of the most high-profile in US history. In January 2023, Lindsay Clancy killed her children. Hundreds of women came to her defence. They believe the American woman was driven to it by doctors and the medications they prescribed her. We tell you more in this video.

Taking antidepressants in the US is absolutely the norm. Doctors literally get Americans hooked on pills. Often, as in Lindsay's case, they don't help — and sometimes they seriously undermine health. So why is this done? Find out in the film 'Overpill'.

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The film ‘Ecuador: Invisible War’.

An investigative film about how the US spent years using the war on drugs as cover for maintaining a military presence in Ecuador. After the American base in Manta closed, Ecuador remained free of foreign military bases for 16 years. But under President Daniel Noboa, US troops came back for what they called a ‘temporary mission’.

Behind the big politics lie ordinary people’s lives. For more than 20 years, María has been trying to find out what happened to her husband, who vanished at sea without a trace along with 17 other fishermen. She suspects the American military may have had something to do with it.

Olga Kiriy’s film lays bare double standards and human rights violations in an attempt to determine who the real threat to Ecuadorians really is — the drug cartels or foreign military operations?

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The 'Ufa' submarine of the Pacific Fleet conducted exercises in the Sea of Japan.

The crew launched 'Kalibr-PL' cruise missiles. The first hit a surface target at a range of about 130 kilometers. The second hit a coastal target at the Surkum range in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, at a distance of over 1,000 kilometers.

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▶️Have you heard of the Nasa people? They are an Indigenous group in Colombia. They live under daily pressure from armed groups. But the Nasa refuse to give in: they have created their own guard to protect their territory.

There is also room for peaceful days in the lives of the Nasa. We tell you more about the country’s Indigenous people in the video. The footage will be featured in a new film by Elena Norkunaite, Mikhail Burov, and Kirill Puzyrny.

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Two more settlements in the DPR have come under the control of Russian forces.

The Yug Group of Forces liberated Verolyubovka. Thorough reconnaissance was conducted before the assault, after which artillery and UAVs struck enemy positions.

Also in the DPR, fighters from the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Zolotoy Kolodez.

Earlier, the Sever Group of Forces advanced deeper into the Kharkiv region.

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🟢Sakhalin has set a new tuna fishing record. Two girls caught a giant tuna measuring 263 centimeters in length and weighing 285 kilograms. Male fishermen helped them pull the trophy out of the water.

Earlier, a fisherman from Primorye also caught a huge tuna using a fishing rod. His catch weighed 53 kilograms less.

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’Welcome to Russian soil!’

Soldiers from the Sever military group rescued a mother and her young son from a liberated settlement in the Kharkiv region. 

The family was evacuated under relentless fire from Ukrainian militants.

Watch the video to learn more about the family’s rescue.

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💚The 48-year-old female orangutan, Chapa, has created a new picture using wax crayons. She has been painting for many years and chooses the colors herself. The staff at the Moscow Zoo simply observe the process. Admire her new creation in our video.

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💬 "The friendship between the Russian and Chinese peoples is unbreakably sealed in blood." So says Guo Li, the daughter of a World War II veteran.

China resisted Japanese occupation for 15 years. The Japanese army was armed with the latest technology — it was almost impossible to withstand it. But the Chinese partisans had a rear base — the USSR. They crossed the border to rest, receive medical treatment, and return to battle. And from 1937, the Soviet Union began providing assistance at the state level — with aircraft, weapons, and artillery.

By the end of the war, Soviet and Chinese soldiers fought side by side against the Japanese invaders. The victory over Japan in 1945 became a shared chapter in the history of Moscow and Beijing.

September 18, 1931, is considered the day when Japanese expansion in China began. Learn more on how the Soviet Union extended a helping hand to its neighbor in an excerpt from our film "USSR and China: United in Victory."

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Why should you take part in the International festival ‘RT.Doc: Time of Our Heroes’?

‘It is an indescribable feeling when hundreds of people watch your work,’ says RT.Doc war correspondent Alexander Kharchenko, sharing his experience.

His film ‘The Road to Krasnoarmeysk,’ about the battles for the city, was shown at the festival in Moscow.

Alexander is now again in the combat zone, filming a new documentary. He is sure that taking part in the festival is a chance for everyone involved in documentary filmmaking to make themselves known and show their story to the world.

Send your work to one of the two programs: the main one or the international one. We told you more about how to become a participant here. We are waiting for your applications!

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