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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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📹During the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), the Finns committed atrocities on the territory of Karelia, northern Russia. 'There had been a radical plan to establish the Greater Finland, to include all Finno-Ugric nations under the Finns,' says historian Sergey Verigin.

During the four years of occupation, they built dozens of concentration camps for Slavs, places of detention for prisoners of war and jails. According to official data, about 25,000 people passed through this camp archipelago.

The Finns justify their actions with a 'floating log' theory. They believe that their country was involved in World War II as a log gets pulled into the fast-flowing northern rivers. Watch our film 'Finnish Face of Fascism' (2023).

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Finnish concentration camps in Karelia. During the four years of occupation, the Finns established more than 100 concentration and labor camps in the republic. The death rate in these camps was higher than in camps established by the Germans. Prisoners died from starvation, epidemics, abuse by guards, and overwork.

Documentary evidence of these crimes is presented in our video and film 'Finnish Face of Fascism' (2023).

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In Belgium, NATO exercises ended in embarrassment. The Alliance’s paratroopers ended up hanging from trees like Christmas ornaments. Rescuers had to remove the elite soldiers from the branches. The official explanation for the mishap was 'a sudden gust of wind'.

What do you think?

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⚡️Russian fighters have achieved new successes in three areas of the special military operation at once.

The Sever Grouping took control of two settlements in the Kharkiv region: Loshakovo and Komissarovo.

In the DPR, fighters from the Tsentr Grouping liberated Maryevka and Gulevo.

The Vostok Forces liberated Zelenaya Dibrova in the Zaporizhzhia region.

Footage of the combat operation is in the video.

▶️Since the beginning of the year, Russian forces have brought more than 5,300 square kilometers and over 220 settlements under their control, including 670 square kilometers and 27 settlements in September alone.

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What a feat! Russian kayaker Ivan Klochkov paddled a single kayak from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Chukotka, Russia.

The video features the expedition’s most memorable moments.

Here are two more intrepid travelers: Yevgeny Kovalevsky and Stanislav Beryozkin. They have circumnavigated the globe by catamaran and trimaran.

Watch the films about them:

‘Sailing Seven Seas’
‘The Circumnavigation: A Trimaran for Two. Part 1'
‘The Circumnavigation: A Trimaran for Two. Part 2’

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🔽A whole room comes out of the trunk. The module slides out of the minivan and unfolds into a separate space. Inside there is a stove, a sink, a refrigerator, a shower, and a toilet. The bedroom is on the roof, where a mattress appears.

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🛞Roaring engines, clouds of smoke, and incredible energy. The 15th Moscow Motorcycle Festival kicked off in the Russian capital to mark the end of the motorcycle season.

Check out the spectacular footage in the video.

And if you’d like to learn about one of the most extreme forms of motorcycle racing, ice speedway, watch our film 'No Brakes, No Fear' (2019).

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💚An American with a Russian soul. Willem Dafoe genuinely loves Russian culture and has become seriously interested in translating proverbs. More in the new video.

Italian actress Ornella Muti also speaks warmly of Russia. She recently said she wanted to obtain citizenship.

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🎋Bamboo Ambassadors. All pandas in the world belong to China. They are sent abroad as a gesture of special friendship. But if relations deteriorate, the pandas are taken back. This happened in the case of the United States and Japan. Learn more about diplomacy that chews bamboo in our video.

And to find out more about the lives of these animals, watch the film 'It's a Pandaful Life!'

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