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The Mountain Jews are truly one of Russia’s most enigmatic people. RTDoc sheds light on some of their well-kept ethnic secrets, as well as their oldest customs and traditions.

In 2014, 18 people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on 18th-century tall ship, The Shtandart. In this film, those on board tell their stories of how they joined the crew, reveal what fascinates them about life at sea, and explain why it takes an ocean to quench their thirst for adventure.

Tyva: the land where authentic culture and unique nature meet to form an extraordinary combination. Find out more in this fascinating documentary.

Sometimes death is the most merciful solution. However, most countries of the world regard euthanasia as a crime. Is there any way out for those who are tired of suffering? RTDoc finds out.

Can you cross all of Russia west to east – all 10 thousand kilometers of it – with just $100 in your pocket? When you’re trying to get to your beloved bride, the answer is a resounding yes! 

At Russia's southern border lies a melting pot where 102 nationalities share a strip of land between the Caspian Sea and the Caucasus mountains. Meet the people of Dagestan on RTDoc.

The fires have been put out in central Kiev and Ukraine's elected president has fled. But while some cheer the ouster of what they saw as a corrupt regime, others fear far worse from those who have seized power. As volunteers queue to defend Crimea from Euromaidan's victors, many are asking: does Crimea belong in Ukraine, or could it become part of Russia?

A stranger in his homeland and a stranger in his adopted country, a former Soviet soldier had to stay in Afghanistan for 29 years after being captured by the Mujahideen and made to fight on the side of his country's enemy. In this film, he finally comes back to his native land, but is he welcomed?

Blood-curdling stories of man's ongoing hunt for the elixir of eternal life, the cutting edge of cybernetic implants and secrets of an Abkhazian centenarians village discovered in this new documentary.

This place in Russia’s Far East is difficult to reach, because in some places there aren’t any roads. Every true traveler dreams of reaching this peninsula. Welcome to Kamchatka’s Kronotsky Nature Reserve!

Take your wishes and prayers straight to the sky with a charmed blue scarf. Dance to the music of a fiddle strung with horse hairs. Fall asleep to tales of invincible epic heroes. But if you are disrespectful of their holy tokens - don't count on the spirits' mercy.

The US intelligence analysts were stunned by this mysterious machine when they saw it for the first time. Its high speed manoeuvres, power and enormous size entitled it to a grim nickname - the Caspian Sea Monster.

In 2014, 18 people sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on 18th-century tall ship, The Shtandart. In this film, those on board tell their stories of how they joined the crew, reveal what fascinates them about life at sea, and explain why it takes an ocean to quench their thirst for adventure.

A stranger in his homeland and a stranger in his adopted country, a former Soviet soldier had to stay in Afghanistan for 29 years after being captured by the Mujahideen and made to fight on the side of his country's enemy. In this film, he finally comes back to his native land, but is he welcomed?

The fires have been put out in central Kiev and Ukraine's elected president has fled. But while some cheer the ouster of what they saw as a corrupt regime, others fear far worse from those who have seized power. As volunteers queue to defend Crimea from Euromaidan's victors, many are asking: does Crimea belong in Ukraine, or could it become part of Russia?

Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels turned words into a weapon of mass destruction. Join RT to examine some myths of the Goebbels propaganda that shaped the contours of the human catastrophe of WWII.

All the footage you are about to see in this film was shot by ordinary people. They are all Ukrainians, living in various cities in southeastern Ukraine. Most of the videos and interviews you will see in this film have never been shown on television before.

How did the "Friendship Bridge" at the border between Russia and Estonia become a hostile checkpoint and why are WWII veterans banned from wearing their medals while war criminals are honored as fallen heroes? RTDoc finds out.

About a hundred people live in a specially organised ‘Tent City’ in New Jersey. All of them have different stories and different reasons for coming here. The film takes a look at how they manage to live their lives and what hopes and beliefs they have.

After waiting for seven hours in an airport, Thabang Motsei flies to Yakutsk to film traditional dog sledding. Paula Slier goes to the West Bank to find out why ordinary Palestinians who work in Israel have to queue for several hours each day to cross the border.

In the wild and perilous mountains of Caucasus, Russian soldiers train to survive and fight under the command of two competitive officers. They will need to learn to communicate with signals, cross rivers using ropes, fire at targets, and navigate the difficult terrain to become true mountain soldiers.

We explore Chechnya, a republic of contrasts, and look at how the Chechen people have struck a balance between tradition and modernity.

It was the most ambitious railway project of the Soviet era. The whole plan was a large-scale battle of Man against Nature. But the war was lost with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Yet, many people continue to live on the land that had been claimed.

To modern children, Soviet labor camps are a dull page in a history book, but for Nina Lugovskaya, a girl who lived in Stalin’s Soviet Union, it was a grim reality.

Thabang Motsei sets off home from her Trans-Siberian adventure and makes new friends on the train. Egor Piskunov reports on unrest in Kiev, while Maria Finoshina is in Greece looking for a sign which will help her make a difficult decision.

Find out what life in a Bauman University dormitory is like. Meet three friends: Akhmed, Andrey and Arseny. They’ve come from all different parts of Russia to study in Moscow. Here they enjoy their independence, and learn what it means to manage on their own.

Learn about the demanding profession of a lumberjack with James Brown who travels deep into the woods to meet the people who supply Russia with 2.5 million trees a year.

“Gender equality gives children a fantastic opportunity to be whoever they want to be.” This is the basic idea of the gender-free pedagogy taught in Sweden. Any reference to gender is eliminated from toys, books and even speech. Meet Tanja Bergkvist, a Swedish blogger who protests against "Gender Madness" and shows how this process can reach absurdity when taken to the extreme.

Thabang Motsei learns meditation in a Buddhist temple, Peter Oliver negotiates the Paris metro and Aleksey Yaroshevsky gets shot at in Kiev.

What do small village news look like? Slow-paced? Funny? Unsensational? Perhaps, but for the viewers of the state TV company “Metronom”, with a TV tower in Raisa Soboleva’s back garden, these broadcasts are important because life in their village gets better with each aired programme.

This is not a battlefield and they are not at war. But these are boys that wish to become men. To achieve this, they have to go through difficult challenges that will put their abilities and determination to the test. Their goal is to earn the right to wear the symbol of the Russian Special Forces – the crimson beret.

This film tells the stories of people suffering from epidermolysis bullosa – a rare genetic disorder that makes a person’s skin as fragile as the wings of a butterfly.

With the little village of Sennoye’s only school facing closure because there weren’t enough pupils, its three teachers decided to increase the number of village children by adopting more.

In this episode, Thabang Motsei enjoys the perks that come with travel journalism, while Aleksey Yaroshevsky is in the epicentre of the on-going conflict in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Maria Finoshina has to deal with the risks war correspondents face.

The Polar Star's crew must spend their days handling massive equipment on a man-made island in a vast, bone-chilling subarctic sea. Fortunes and careers are riding on their ability to locate a new source of gas before winter closes in.

These people look decades older than their real age. This is due to a genetic condition that affects their skin's elasticity: dermatochalasia. While their bodies and souls are still young, their faces trick others into believing otherwise.