Ilya Varlamov
Russian freelance journalist. I explore every corner of the world, from the African deserts to the northern borders. Watch my videos to discover fascinating stories and people's lives all over the globe as they are!
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Ilya Varlamov
What scares you MORE about living in remote Russia?
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If you could get a hidden camera into ONE place in Russia — where would you point it?
3 days ago | [YT] | 24
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Guess the most shocking part of this film https://youtu.be/_ZtGqPrLbMI
5 days ago | [YT] | 5
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What if the cure is worse than the crisis?
I went to Vancouver, the epicenter of Canada’s most shocking public health crisis, where radical policies have replaced police officers with prescriptions. This raw documentary walks the dystopian streets and meets those living the impossible reality: from a grieving mother to outreach workers and clinics providing a “safe supply.” Is this compassionate healthcare or a dangerous surrender? And what happens when a city stops fighting an epidemic? See the full, unfiltered story in my new video!
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What do you want to see more of?
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In recent years, people have become more concerned about nature. Ask anyone if they are willing to kill a squirrel, a raccoon, or a chinchilla for a coat? Or if they are willing to destroy an owl’s or a beaver’s home to build a road? You will probably get negative answers. And that's great! All trendy brands are switching to faux fur and leather, because killing animals for fur coats is terrible. Some activists even chase those who wear fur and douse them in paint.
But everything changes when it comes to diamonds: everyone wants the real ones. To get a real diamond, everything within a radius of several miles around the mine must be killed. It takes a huge amount of resources, destroyed forests and rivers to get real diamonds. People kill each other for these gemstones, they exploit child labor… All these terrible things happen around real diamonds, despite the fact that we have learned to grow artificial diamonds long ago. Lab created diamonds are absolutely no different from natural ones, they have the same physical, chemical and optical properties. They are even purer than natural ones. It is impossible to tell one from the other without special equipment. But try to find a girl who will voluntarily choose a lab stone over a natural one.
I hope to live long enough to see a day when wearing natural-stone jewellery will be as awkward and stupid as wearing real fur now.
A responsible modern person should be proud to wear a ring with a lab grown diamond, and be like “Yes, I am proud of the fact that no one was killed for this stone, I am proud that this stone didn’t require a mile-deep hole dug in the ground, destroying all life around.”
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Choose the next investigation
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$139. Monthly pension. $415. Winter firewood.
120km. Distance from NATO.
I spent a day with the woman who's their only lifeline. Why does she keep going?Watch in a new video!
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What can be better than mountains? Only snow-covered mountains (preferably, without snowboarders).
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Who do you think was Epstein's ultimate "silent partner"?
Check out my new video: https://youtu.be/P94wCkLR5v0
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