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2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade / 360

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 20 May 2015 16:46:14 +0000

The 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade is a parade that is taken place in Red Square in Moscow on 9 May 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the capitulation of Nazi Germany in 1945. More 360 video at http://www.airpano.ru Мы приглашаем вас на юбилейный военный парад на Красной площади 9 мая 2015 года, посвященный 70-й годовщине Победы Советского Союза в Великой Отечественной войне. Это самый масштабный парад в современной истории нашего государства Другие 360 видео на сайте http://www.airpano.ru

Legendary Kalashnikov: Story of AK-47 Rifle

Documentary.net staff — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 16:19:24 +0000

The Kalashnikov rifle needs no introduction. In this documentary we'll show you its origins, how it's made and tested, who uses it and much more. You'll be taken to the Izhmash manufacturing plant where the rifles are assembled, see elite soldiers from Russia's Interior Ministry train with the world-renowned weapon, and hear American war veterans recall their experiences with the gun. The inventor of the iconic AK-47 assault rifle, Mikhail Kalashnikov, has died at the age of 94.

North Korean Camps

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 05:53:32 +0000

The only escapee of North Koreas most brutal prison camp has lived to tell us a story of unspeakable horror. Starved of food and common humanity, Shin proves that gulags are still a tragic reality. We were always hungry. Shins most vivid memory of his life in the camp is the constant hunger he felt, food made me escape, even if it was going to cost me my life. The only thing that interested me was the food. Before his escape three years ago, he didnt even know that a world existed beyond the barbed wires. Until then, his life had been one of torture, hard labour and complete isolation. My mother was supposed to inform on me and me on her. He believed she deserved her fate as he witnessed her execution. I blamed her. I had no real feelings as a kid. Shin didnt know love, only violence. Once the guards beat a little girl on the head so hard, she died the next day. He eventually escaped through a gap in a high-voltage fence. His charred legs still bear the scars. As horrible as it is, Shins story is not unique. Wang, himself a former prisoner, is a prominent writer on the subject. He believes that oppression in North Korea will keep increasing: The brutality of the system has grown to the point where Kim Jong Il now fears that he will suffer the same fate as Caucescu of Romania. He simply wants to kill all his enemies.

Portrait of an Russian Oligarch

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 16:17:46 +0000

After the collapse of Communism in Russia, as state assets were divvied up and privatized, a few individuals stepped in to take the reins of this entrepreneurial experiment. Rewarded with massive fortunes and fame, they came to be known as "the oligarchs." To see how the .00001% lives, we met up with infamous Russian oligarch Sergey Veremeenko and spent quality time hog-hunting and helicopter-joyriding at his private estate outside Moscow.

Secret of the Seven Sisters – Episode 3/4: The Dancing Bear

Documentary.net staff — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:38:57 +0000

In the Caucasus, the US and Russia are vying for control of the region. The great oil game is in full swing. Whoever controls the Caucasus and its roads, controls the transport of oil from the Caspian Sea. Tbilisi, Erevan and Baku - the three capitals of the Caucasus. The oil from Baku in Azerbaijan is a strategic priority for all the major companies. From the fortunes of the Nobel family to the Russian revolution, to World War II, oil from the Caucasus and the Caspian has played a central role. Lenin fixated on conquering the Azeri capital Baku for its oil, as did Stalin and Hitler. On his birthday in 1941, Adolf Hitler received a chocolate and cream birthday cake, representing a map. He chose the slice with Baku on it. On June 22nd 1941, the armies of the Third Reich invaded Russia. The crucial battle of Stalingrad was the key to the road to the Caucasus and Baku's oil, and would decide the outcome of the war. Stalin told his troops: "Fighting for one's oil is fighting for one's freedom." After World War II, President Nikita Krushchev would build the Soviet empire and its Red Army with revenues from the USSR's new-found oil reserves. Decades later, oil would bring that empire to its knees, when Saudi Arabia and the US would conspire to open up the oil taps, flood the markets, and bring the price of oil down to $13 per barrel. Russian oligarchs would take up the oil mantle, only to be put in their place by their president, Vladimir Putin, who knows that oil is power. The US and Putin's Russia would prop up despots, and exploit regional conflicts to maintain a grip on the oil fields of the Caucusus and the Caspian. But they would not have counted on the rise of a new, strong and hungry China, with an almost limitless appetite for oil and energy. Today, the US, Russia and China contest the control of the former USSR's fossil fuel reserves, and the supply routes. A three-handed match, with the world as spectators, between three ferocious beasts -- The American eagle, the Russian bear, and the Chinese dragon.

Surviving the Cold

Documentary.net staff — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:36:16 +0000

Valery Malkov made the headlines when he fell out of a train in Siberia in -40 degrees Celsius wearing practically nothing, then ran 30 minutes to the next station and lived to tell the tale. The film explores the way the human body reacts and adapts to cold and meets frost enthusiasts who willingly subject themselves to extreme temperatures. A 42-year-old Russian man literally ran for his life for seven kilometers in the freezing cold after he accidentally fell off a train in the country’s Far East – wearing only a T-shirt, sweatpants and slippers. The man said that he had gone to the train’s vestibule for a smoke. As he was coming back to his carriage, he missed his door and opened another one to a non-functioning vestibule. He stepped into the dark – and then found himself in taiga forest, on the railroad, all alone. The passenger ran after the train for seven kilometers, but couldn’t catch up with it. At the next station – ‘Richard Sorge,’ only 150 kilometers away from the train’s final destination – the man was given help. “The 42-year-old man survived by sheer luck,” the Interior Ministry’s local transport department reported on Friday. An investigation into the matter has been launched, and police are trying to ascertain whether what happened was an accident, or whether a train attendant forgot to close the door out of neglect. Local media reported that the man turned out to be a driver working under a rotation system in Russia’s Far East. “He is feeling fine, has already started working, and has suffered no bodily harm. Certainly, he had been very scared, but got over the shock,” the man’s employer told Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. The train was traveling from Moscow to Nerungri, a city in Russia’s Far East, which has a population of just over 62,000 people. The average winter temperatures in the area measure around -30°C.

Jesus of Siberia – Cult Leader Thinks He’s Jesus

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 20 May 2012 15:26:04 +0000

Deep in Siberia's Taiga forest is Vissarion, a cult leader who looks like Jesus and claims to be the voice of God. He's known as "the Teacher" to his 4,000 followers, who initially seem surprisingly normal. Over time, however, their unflinching belief in UFOs and the Earth's imminent demise made this group start to look more and more like some sort of strange cult.

The Moscow Metro

Documentary.net staff — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:48:18 +0000

Sasha Aleksandrov shows daily life in the Metro of Moscow with timelapse and fish eye shots. The Metro was opened in 1935 with 13 stations, now there are 185. It is the second most heavily used rapid transit system, after Tokyo's subway.

Raving in the Black Sea (NSFW)

Documentary.net staff — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 15:41:15 +0000

We visit the Republic of Kazantip, an annual month-long rave/orgy on the southern coast of the Ukraine. Ravers are called citizens, visas are required for entry, and there is even a Minister of Foreign Affairs. The whole scene is trapped somewhere in the 90s with its platform shoes, pink dreadlocks, and energy drinks. We head to the Black Sea coast for the closing party and make friends with the luminaries of Russian criminal society. (Film published in 2007)

Russian Beauty – Supermodels from Poverty to Glamour

Documentary.net staff — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:20:10 +0000

Russian women have conquered the front pages of fashion magazines and look at us from the billboards in every major city of the planet. Ksenia Sukhinova, from the city of Tyumen, gained the title of Miss World 2008. Natalia Vodianova, a Russian supermodel, is very popular in the USA and Europe. Masha Kalinina became Miss Moscow 1988 when she was only 16. What does it take to be one of these girls and how does one obtain a crown? Part 2 This browser is not compatible with HTML 5 You need a HTML5 browser to watch this film

Russian Mafia: Thieves by Law

Documentary.net staff — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:05:31 +0000

Very detailed and well made documentary about the Russian Mafia and how the systems works. Filled with exclusive footage and interviews. You get some real insights. No - it is not fiction, it is real.