The 5-part documentary mini-series was edited into a TV movie entitled Russia from Above (2019) with a running time of approx. 90 minutes, which was broadcasted first on July 5, 2018 on German television, and then nearly 2 years later it was edited into an extended cinema version, based on this TV cut with a running time of approx. 126 minutes, which had its cinema premiere on February 27, 2020 in Germany.
After the premiere release of the 5-part documentary mini-series on the German-French cultural channel Arte, it was also broadcasted on ZDF as part of the programme series entitled "Terra X", but however with a different order of the episodes and with new German episode titles. The episodes of the Terra X version are:
1. St. Petersburg, Moskau und die Wolga 2. Sibirien und die weite Wildnis 3. Kamtschatka und die wilden Tiere 4. Kalte Küsten und ewiges Eis 5. Kaukasus und der tiefe Süden
1. St. Petersburg, Moskau und die Wolga 2. Sibirien und die weite Wildnis 3. Kamtschatka und die wilden Tiere 4. Kalte Küsten und ewiges Eis 5. Kaukasus und der tiefe Süden