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A still frame from a broadcast on Russia-back news and opinion channel Rt.

The U.S. State Department on Friday said it was imposing more sanctions on Russia-backed international broadcaster Rt amid concerns that the news outlet is fundraising on behalf of a widely-criticized military effort.

Specifically, officials with the State Department said Rt (formerly Russia Today) had operated online fundraisers that generated money used by the Russian military to procure weapons and other equipment for its ongoing combat action in Ukraine.

For more than two years, American officials have criticized Rt for running a propaganda campaign that was largely favorable to Russia’s violent invasion of Ukraine. The accusations lobbed against Rt this week are among the first to accuse the outlet of providing direct and material support to government forces beyond the typical scope of a TV broadcaster.

“Rt wants its new covert intelligence capabilities, like its longstanding propaganda disinformation efforts,...

Dmitriy Kiselev’s overlooked Russian thriller is an exciting and inspirational true account of the first walk in space by a Soviet cosmonaut — a mission that nearly became a tragedy. It’s almost as emotional an experience as Apollo 13 — the worthy cosmonauts demonstrate ‘the right stuff’ under much more trying conditions. The beautifully produced and splendidly acted show makes it seem a crime that foreign movies this good are routinely denied theatrical exhibition here. The Blu-ray comes with an excellent pair of featurettes, with the participation of the original spacewalker Alexey Leonov.

Spacewalker

Blu-ray

Capelight

2017 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 137 min. / Vremya pervykh (The First Time); Spacewalker / Street Date January 19, 2021 / Available from Amazon / (pretty cheap)

Starring: Evgeniy Mironov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Ilin, Anatoliy Kotenyov, Aleksandra Ursulyak, Elena Panova, Aleksandr Novin, Gennadiy Smirnov, Yuriy Nifontov, Sergey Batalov.

Cinematography: Vladimir Bashta

Visuyal Effects supervisors: Kirill Kulakov, Sergei Nevshupov, Pavel Perepyolkin

Film Editors: Anton Anisimov,...