A boy who got bullied at school has to find the way out of his trouble and things turn out in a surprising way.

In two weeks the players from Abkhazia are going to London. The World Cup among unrecognized states and autonomies will be held there. The task of the Abkhaz national team is to win this tournament at any cost. The plans of the Abkhaz footballers are overshadowed only by the fact that until the last moment it remains unclear whether they will receive a British visa and whether they will even get to the championship.

Russian media frequently highlights pardoned prisoners, emphasizing how they "atoned for their crime with blood." Surprisingly, now even orphans are being presented with a similar proposition involving shedding blood. These youngsters, who often have vague memories of their parents and lack significant adult guidance, might be even more vulnerable than prisoners. Authorities urge them, saying, "Go for six months. There will be a salary ohow can they decline? They are not afraid of encountering violence: life in an orphanage is full of it, it is familiar. This film serves as another endeavor to explore the reasons behind Russians' willingness to take up arms. This film is part of the documentary project «The Assignment» made by Novaya Gazeta journalists who remain in Russia and continue to work under war censorship and risks. Film editor – Kirill Sakharnov.

Early on a sunny morning, the postman delivered to the Royal Society, the English Academy of Sciences, a letter from an extremely angry American scientist. “Some Kelvin has begun to lay claim to the galvanometer, which, as the whole world knows, the respected Sir William Thomson invented!” The American was indignant at the audacity of the impostor, the indifference of the Royal Society, and wondered why Professor Thomson himself was silent. William Thomson and Lord Kelvin are two names inextricably linked in the history of science. Why did this happen, what is the contribution to science behind each of these names, and what was the International Astronomical Union guided by when it named the cape on the Moon after Lord Kelvin in honor of William Thomson. The film tells about a grandiose event - the laying of a telegraph cable along the bottom of the Atlantic between the Old and New Worlds. Almost a detective story, as a result of which a new era in the history of mankind was opened. Today's age of communications began precisely then: Great Britain during Queen Victoria, the middle of the 19th century, William Thomson and Lord Kelvin.

Water is the main protagonist, seen in all its great and terrible beauty. Mountains of ice move and break apart as if they had a life of their own. Kossakovsky's film travels the world, from the precarious frozen waters of Russia's Lake Baikal and Miami in the throes of Hurricane Irma, to Venezuela's mighty Angel Falls in order to paint a portrait of this fluid life force in all its glorious forms. Fragile humans experience life and death, joy and despair in the face of its power.

Each grain crop, wheat, rye, rice and corn for centuries "created" a special type of person. For example, rye shaped the Slavic culture, wheat influenced the inhabitants of almost all of Central Europe and much of Asia, corn shaped the inhabitants from Mexico to Nicaragua, and rice shaped the representatives of Japan, India and China. Today, genetic engineers are trying to create the bread of the future. It is likely that after some time we will have 3D food printers in our kitchens that will be able to "print" buns, loaves or confectionery. True, scientists are convinced that only part of the components for the "printer" will be chemical, and the rest of the components will continue to be grown on earth. At the same time, some researchers believe that genetic engineering may turn out to be a "Pandora's box", while others are sure that it is no longer possible to do without it.

How Lusya Stein, a graduate of VGIK and a municipal deputy of Moscow, went to work in the campaign headquarters of Ksenia Sobchak.

A week in the life of Mishka, a 7-year-old boy from Kiev, who fled the war with his mother in early March 2022. After traveling all over Europe, they came to Madrid.

On April 23, after 11 days of mass protests, Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan resigned. A film about how the opposition led by Nikol Pashinyan won.

When Gavrilushka reached the age of one year and three months, his mother was astonished to observe his ability to play the piano. The toddler confidently executed a few chords with his left hand and even began to produce a melody with his right. Every day Gavriil Shcherbenko played more and more and better. Videos capturing the young prodigy's performances started circulating globally, leading to comparisons with legendary figures such as Mozart, Richter, and Beethoven. Gavrilushka has collected a diverse fan base, comprising individuals fluent in various languages, all captivated by his musical talent. Remarkably, while his fans comprehend his playing effortlessly, the young boy himself has yet to utter his first words. Gabriel Shcherbenko's parents view this journey as a remarkable adventure, uncertain whether their child will eventually cease playing or, conversely, embark on a path of professional musical education.

"The Evidence" deals with the phenomenon of government fuelled hate speech and shows the changes in a controversial Belarusian propagandist that occur during four years after the mass protests in Belarus in 2020.

He is called the "King of the Light Genre". His songs are still sung by all of Russia.

Seven people left the small village of Kedrovoe in the Sverdlovsk region for Syria to fight as part of the Wagner PMC. After the battle near Deir ez-Zor on February 7, where the PMC suffered heavy losses, news is expected in Kedrovo.

The film tells about the life and work of Yevgeny Khaldei, who was the famous Soviet photojournalist. He was born on March 10, 1917 in Yuzovka, now Donetsk. The real name of the photographer is Yefim Khaldei. He was called Evgeny at the TASS agency, where he began his career as a 19-year-old boy. He went through the entire Great Patriotic War from Murmansk to Berlin with the legendary Leica camera in his hands. He was fired from TASS in 1948 on the grounds of “the fifth paragraph”. He worked in obscurity, so that that time would not be forgotten. And it seems that he forgave the time everything, the murder of his parents, humiliation and indifference.

Back in 1942, at the height of the Great Patriotic War, a major plague epidemic broke out in Mongolia. A detachment of Soviet specialists was sent to fight it, who worked selflessly, saving people, burning corpses, testing new methods of administering the vaccine, and also falling in love, getting married and having children. 70 years later, their children, now elderly themselves, set off on a journey to Mongolia, following in the footsteps of their parents.

In September 2022, when mobilization was announced in Russia, residents of the Chukotka village of Egvekinot Maxim Teyunaut and Sergei Nechaev decided to escape so that they would not be sent to war in Ukraine. The closest place where you could escape on a small fishing boat was St. Lawrence Island, which belongs to the state of Alaska. In the USA, Teyunaut and Nechaev asked for political asylum. They spent three months in a migration prison. Baptist church pastor Roman Mitin, who comes from a Ukrainian family of Baptists who were persecuted for their faith in Soviet times, vouched for them. In the nineties they emigrated to the USA.

Siberia stands as Russia's most abundant macroregion in terms of natural resources, yet paradoxically, it grapples with significant disadvantages. Boasting 88% of the nation's natural gas reserves, only 16.8% of households have access to this vital resource—lower than anywhere else in the country. Historically, the state has extracted resources from local residents, and recently, this trend has escalated to include the relocation of residents themselves, sending them to Ukraine. As a compensation for fathers, husbands, and sons being sent to the front lines, their families receive firewood to endure the harsh winter of 2022-2023 without freezing. Correspondents from Novaya Gazeta traverse Siberia, engaging with ordinary residents, local officials, and the families of those mobilized, delving into their perspectives on poverty, the ongoing special operation, and the contentious necessity of sending their loved ones to the front lines. This film is part of the documentary project «The Assignment» made by Novaya Gazeta journalists who remain in Russia and continue to work under war censorship and risks. Film editor – Kirill Sakharnov.

In 2022 the filmmaker follows the migrational route of his relatives from Germany to Tajikistan. In the capital Dushanbe he meets a group of people around the Bactria Cultural Youth Center, with whom he revisits the memories of his relatives, who fled from the Civil War in the 1990s. A small community of friends takes shape through the shared love of music and the common wish to create something together. By turning the city into temporary spaces of collective actions they question national identities, gender roles and embark on a search for their personal freedoms.

Protagonists: Abdurahim, Angelina, Anush, Aziz, Bezhan, Dina, Dinorah, Ilkhom, Ismail, Ismoil, Kamila, Kristina, Mark, Masud, Mongol, Nafisa, Roma, Samir, Sherzod, Shohin, Shohina, Shuhrat, Takmina, Yulia, Zhenya
Editing: Danila Lipatov, Karen Zimmermann
Sound recording: Ismoil Qodirov, Rustam Sharipov
Sound mix: Simon Bastian, Zeigermann_Audio GmbH
Sound design: Giacomo Goldbecker

A turning point for Russia in 1991. Exiled writer, dissident and human rights activist Georgy Vladimov in Niederhausen. Finding himself in a forced, joyless emigration, he “envyed this crowd and felt as one of the biggest losses” the impossibility of being with her in Russia. The film was based on Vladimov's unfinished novel "Long Way to Gipperary". The film is voiced by Valentin Gaft.

In the first series of the cycle, we are talking about the first wave of emigration, which brought almost two million refugees to foreign shores.