Russia

It's a long way to Khatystyr, but Roman must hurry as the whole village depends on him, especially a hurt reindeer who needs antibiotics brought from Yakutsk to survive, much like the reindeer are essential for the local Evenk people's existence.

In a bid to trace the roots of Russians’ love of vodka, Mark Ames embarks on a series of risky experiments on himself and outdrinks a few strangers in bars. All in the name of research, you understand. That’s Cracking the Myths, on RTDoc.

This time we are taking a look at the latest balloons, blimps and other flying machines designed to tackle a variety of fresh challenges in exploration and transport.

Moscow’s underground system is considered to be the most beautiful in the world. It has more than 170 stations, almost 300 kilometers of tunnels and 9 million passengers a day. RTDoc explores Moscow’s underground world.

At a crossroads of two religions lives a people whose belief in miracles is just as strong as its faith in science.

We look behind the bars of Russian prisons: from strict regime colonies that still live according to the rules of Gulag, to more lenient ones where mothers are allowed to live with their small children.