Putin's Secret Weapons (1/2)

Nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children are thought to have been abducted and taken to Russia.

Journalist Vladimir Vasak returns to Russia to find out what life is like inside a country at war. 

Moldova is torn in two - part of the population wants rapprochement with the European Union, part looks back nostalgically to the Soviet era.

Masha Borzunova meets a Russian deserter who tells how he went from being a war hero to an ostracised traitor of his country.

Fixer Ignace Ivlev-Yorke reports from a Ukrainian army unit on the frontline.

Fueling Cambodia's construction boom are brick factories where workers are paid a pittance, trapped in debt bondage.

A highly charged debate is ongoing in Latvia on the withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention, aimed at preventing violence against women.

The Haitian capital has become a warzone as gangs control larges swathes of the city.

Some people are not interested in the here and now, what is so fascinating about living in yesteryear?

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

How can we have more fulfilling sex? Ronja von Rönne meets couples and singles who have reinvented their sexuality.

After years of moving towards a cashfree society, Europe is weighing up the risks.

It’s a police investigation that stretches to 1,000 pages. ARTE Book Club focuses on the highly acclaimed Russian classic.

What does hair symbolise in the visual arts, from the 15th century to the present day?

Nick Cave brings the full force of his live performance, filled with mystical fervour and passionate celebration, to Paris.

British band bring Me The Horizon bring their power metalcore to the main stage at Hellfest.

In the 17th century, many Dutch women painters excelled at depicting the natural world in their art.

An old man swims in the sea. As he moves through the water, memories resurface...