which brightened. from plans to fresh. start on t.v. dot com. japan have recalled their ambassador to russia a bit of diplomatic dispute over president medvedev visit to the russian could ill i looked. at the us gets up for crucial midterm elections some are more concerned about the corporate backing of candidates and question what to means for

democracy. and a decade in the stars the international space station marks ten years of being a bad mission as experts try for the scientific leaps leading to justify huge cost . around the world and around the clock this is our take welcome to the program the top story now japan has recalled that some bass's a to russia the definitive route with moscow escalates it follows president medvedev visit currents which are internationally recognized as russian territory but also claimed by japan cross talk correspondent peter one of the for the latest on this peter this is a dream. there of a situation that was already pretty tense bring us up to date. well what we've seen

on cheese steak areas that are part of temporarily withdrawn their ambassador to russia now he's expected to fly off to tokyo very very shortly now this is over president medvedev visits to the critical islands russian territory in the far east very very close to the the northern island of japan the northern island of hokkaido the territory that has been part of russia since nine hundred forty five which is a part of the soviet union one hundred forty five still part of russia to this day japan claim territorial rights over them though now this does throw up some interesting questions ahead of the conference which is set to take place in japan next weekend now during that conference president medvedev said to meet with the japanese prime minister to talk about discussions between the two countries. to come up. discussion right then the kremlin have said just in the past few minutes they say no reason why those discussions can go ahead but it's right we say this is quite a dramatic flare up in relationships between russia and japan now we heard from.

the head of the international committee to national affairs committee in the state duma here in russia who said that they said temporarily this temporary i beg your pardon recall of the japanese ambassador is just another in a long line of mistakes by trying to get the steak what they claim that they have on the islands now the japanese foreign minister said this the visit by president medvedev to those islands in the far east was very the feelings deeply of the japanese people and his counterparts here in russia for all of this to say in response. to. japan's reaction to president trip to the. acceptable it is our last in the shoes of the russian president was visiting a russian troops which we've already squeezed to our japanese partners. we're not going to take any steps that would hinder relations but the japanese side should

make it soon. peter why does this issue mean so much for both countries. well we have to go back and look at the history of they sixty five years ago the end of the second world war these four islands these four critical islands became part of the soviet union now part of russian territory as is saying. they've actually been the reason why there is no official peace treaty fully following the end of the second world war between japan and russia now in one nine hundred fifty six when relationships between the two countries were reinstated we sold russia off its time off two of these islands but to japan japan said no that wasn't what they wanted they wanted all of them back and not resulted in no firm conclusion from those talks there's still no official peace treaty as you mentioned following the second world war due to these four islands and why are they so important they have very mineral rich. which are not just minerals but also oil and gas and they live very close certainly the most northern one very very close to the northernmost. you

probably saw the one very close to the most northern island of japan now if these islands were to become part of japanese territory that would of course increase japanese territorial waters allow them more and more land bow bow territory and not area though these are also these a places that. a very important to russia as well as a vast mineral deposits vast deposits of oil and gas believed to be there so these are very crucial economic as well as political chess pieces for these two countries . ok leave it there for now marty's picture on it thank you for that. well coming up in the program ten years in orbit but space think. we look at whether it's just a very cost what comes next for the kinds of gateway to the final frontier. americans are just hours away from casting their votes in the country's midterm

elections there is a will affect the house of representatives in the senate as well as state and local offices opinion polls suggest the republicans will beat barack obama's democrats in the majority of seats but as artie's garniture can reports some voters are more concerned about the corporate backing for many of the candidates and what that could lead to. the typical attack ad from this election season. was. trying to. exact the opponent to obtrude the ad is herself an expert in months throwing washington politics and the organization that back surgery is funded by the un nurse. this election cycle as being the torrijos in the amount of dirt candidates were pouring onto each other their bankrupting america and leaving our children the bill this is a special election year in the us for the first time corporations are allowed to funnel as much money as they want into political campaigns and they're definitely

not missing out on the chance to buy influence on capitol hill what they're hoping to do is bend laws and regulations or prevent new laws and regulations from being approved that would cut in their bottom lines at the problem is that a lot of these rules and regulations exist for a purpose they're supposed to protect the public interest the election system in the u.s. is such that it's virtually impossible to run for office without strong financial backing but the bigger the backing the more candidates will hold to their benefactor it's increased enormously you know quality in influence policy makers policy made can. be very prosperous influencing their regulatory process because you are behind all of these contributions not all good citizens of the united states but basically the most power for a breach of population to watch the influence inaction take republican leader in

the house of representatives john boehner wall street invested millions of dollars in his campaign he's also a darling among the large health insurers or firms and drug manufacturers been aris campaigning a gas all kinds of government regulations as well as a tax increase because the rich and other candidate wanting for reelection. republican congressman spencer baucus who is the ranking member of the house committee on financial services he has reportedly taken over four million dollars from wall street and pledged to find against tougher rules for the financial markets the list of corporate favorites on capitol hill is long and not only republicans are on it the democratic process is supposed to be a check on corporate power and instead what we're seeing is corporations hijacking that system in order to funnel more money to themselves many argue the new supreme court decision which made it possible for corporations to invest unlimited amounts of money in politics and be able to be credited as anonymous donors has basically

legalized corruption one definition of core option private but to think of public parties here mongering is arguably the main tool corporations use to gain public support for the candidates they truths some channels like fox news are especially good at getting their message across and it's clear that pushes people to the streets i would like my boat to come should be more democratic. next monday and some fear their interest may be left now because of someone's special interest on the outside is democracy as usual with people coming to a polling stay friends putting a cost before the name of a candidate they like but in these elections with the influence of corporations on first it seems all really has the vote in american mail is money and it's shut down on t. washington d.c.

. here with our take a little later we bring you the story of an afghan woman forced to decide between her children and her parents find out why she turned to a more timely basis one of hundreds representing the helplessness of afghan women. the international space station is marking an epic milestone today with its tenth anniversary as a manned mission is the longest period of continuous human habitation outside the sphere. reports. november the second two thousand the first permanent crew reaches the international space station as the world watches its arguably humanity's most i'm vicious engineering project to date a mixture of science technology and political cooperation between formal sworn enemies in the ten years since the i said has expanded to the size of a football field and received two hundred visitors. now the station is nearly complete but the jury in what it has achieved is still out there for shock but of

optimism for the i.s.o. this is a breakthrough of corporation that before there were separate space agencies now they work together it's a leap forward in this station has cost the taxpayer one hundred billion dollars and that's just absurd it's too much but it's their money now admit they were not sure what to expect from the station and that includes the expedition one cosmonauts themselves you to get them get out trains but then i says crew members his own training was more chaotic than we're going to give them and i said when we started training for the station itself did not exist there were no manuals and there were no exercise machines with the first crews job was to fully activate the station much of it had been assembled separately in russia in the united states and the first time these parts came together was and space of the militia would be the first two weeks on there were extremely stressful because if we failed we'd have to return to earth and abandon the station it would never have been constructed as

planned expedition one was a success despite problems with construction following the columbia shuttle disaster three years later most of the modules were eventually successfully docked the completed space station provides a unique platform for experiments and weightlessness that could develop new materials and medicines starting we all now and next year we're going to find out if you have researchers tinkering in space we can have breakthroughs if not the whole thing was a waste but others believe that the value of the i assess is not in scientific discoveries its lifespan has already been extended to twenty twenty and possibly beyond you were looking at projects of using that i assess as a docking port for missions to the moon and even mars. and if mankind does venture further afield that i search will serve both as a blueprint and an instruction manual of space should do and don'ts whatever its limitations and budget over and the assess is. important that the torah world no

longer seemed like everything was possible in space and there were no longer the cold war budgets to fund that all the i's search still proves that space research can be right at the edge of human endeavor either on or. moscow. russia or norway are taking in they believe relationship one step further the two countries are expected to see a new agreement on tuesday or those no with host a forum of north european nations but with a vast untapped riches of the arctic for discussion there is more at stake than just politics r.t. or if a national reports. russian foreign minister sergey lavrov is here in oslo to meet his no wage and counterpart yunus tara relationship between russia and no we have been progress in quite well since the tea managed to settle a long running to reach feud over a huge area in the bering sea believed to hold massive oil and gas reserves in september the leaders of the two countries signed torak agreement divided equally

and also agreed on a joint exploration pact mr lavrov and mr expected to discuss here to work out here knows the practical details and how to realize the main points of these milestone agreement of course the impact it can have on the region's future held the arctic with its huge energy potential and its hard value as a transfer truly is a very lucrative pie with many nations including canada the united states of america and done marks trashing out for a piece that still remain a number of unsettled to return all disputes between the so-called nations and amidst this crumble this global scramble know when russia hope they will be able to set a good example for all those states to follow an example of how a very sensitive issue could be resolved with everybody satisfied noways

a nato member and of course the two sorry's will also just cause the upcoming summit of these organization and least one where russia and the alliance are expected to broaden the operation of ghana and closer to home in the region defense minister says his country supports russia's participation in the building of a joint missile defense system in europe with nato and most likely this issue will also be touched on foreign minister sergei lavrov who is also expected to take part in the second ministerial meeting called the. more than time mentioned besides no way in russia it also includes iceland and the european union this is a gathering here too soon for my forces on partnership between the northern countries. in many different areas to trees transportation public health and environment so it looks like this tuesday is going to be very busy day for foreign minister sergey lavrov he knows though but also we are hoping that will be very

fruitful day as well. reporting that the women's rights to afghanistan continue to be violated despite international efforts to intervene a shocking number of women face domestic violence and abuse with a growing percentage committing suicide because of a lack of trust in the justice system with courts destroyed and judges killed ortiz paula steer reports now in a situation that shows little sign of improving. it's a choice no mother should ever have to make her children or her family her husband's thrown her out and this woman's parents were only take her back if she abandons the children she had with him. i'm feeling so alone my husband heats me a lot i'm sick my daughter is sick. my other two children are with him. her family was against the marriage from the beginning the man was from another

tried already married and taking drugs but at the age of fourteen desperate to be with him the goal ran away and married him. my brothers want to kill me i'm very fraid of them they say if you come back alone will accept you. but if you come with your children you are view and also afraid of my husband. the twenty four year old now hides in a shelter that last year the human rights commission received eight hundred and fifty some of the cases and that's only in the book it says the justice system is falling far short of helping these women that are on the sagnac problem and about our trial as we have nine women prosecutors and most provinces and women police family courts whenever a woman is accused of something and there's no one to help her with that these judges are listening to a case of a young girl who wants to break off her engagement they tell her to come back in

the next hearing a husband wants to divorce his wife because she visited her parents for a week without his permission you know women feel helpless and even in the rare situations where they cases get to court if no justice has not been served in the last six to seven years the problem of women burning themselves has grown especially in herat and kandahar provinces to suicide because women feel they have no way out afghan court officials say they have enough to deal with even before trying to help these women were freed and all of them were to a three decade war it has damaged the capacity of the afghan judicial system we've had fifteen judges killed across the country many of our court buildings are destroyed and we have problems with transportation and staff. in remote areas the problem is worse many judges simply refuse to be pope. they're complaining of bad salaries and even worse security. for. all the security

help implement law that on the border security are better areas but unfortunately the villages are not ready to correct these goings on. and often there's precious little the courts can do especially in places when warlords and special allegiances are the law we've got to pay to the judges higher salary so that we can cope with their. needs of daily life provide them a place to stay in especially in the area in the district area and also training of them and also. reporting the cases we did decide you know said that the public should go so while this woman waits for the courts to hear her there is no guarantee that even after they do she'll be any better off policy r.t. couple. and after some other international news this hour of all has been found in

the mail greece the dress the french president nicolas sarkozy explosive has been destroyed two men arrested or attempted attack earlier a woman was wounded after a past experience at a delivery company also in greece it's thought to have been organized by the mystic far left group. with leading israeli rights groups have accused the state's internal security service of violating the rights of palestinian detainees the report is based on the testimonies of more than a hundred people who'd been held for a year the document says palestinians are badly treated during interrogations and held in cramped and dirty cells the jewish state denies the allegations. u.k. officials have announced that the tip off that led to finding possible bombs on cargo planes came from and leading al qaeda member former guantanamo bay detainees five feet high. did himself into saudi arabian authorities two weeks ago two u.s.

bound parcel bombs were placed with cargo one seized in dubai and another intercepted in britain u.s. officials have named a saudi bomb makers a key suspect they're also concerned the number of high ranking members of al qaida gammon were released from guantanamo to saudi rehabilitation program. floods triggered by heavy rains and left at least six people dead three others have been reported missing and hundreds of houses are submerged rain has pounded the region in the last three days signalled in ten thousand the rain is forecast is expected to cause major. forget we've got much more for you on our web site that's artie dot com including videos blogs and forums but here's a look at what's just a click away guy right now but foreigners are getting closer to the real russia through close season everything from drama to traditional cooking find out where

you can join. us at childrens balloons help with criminal gangs steal millions of dollars from various spates here around moscow dot com reveals how they did it and how they were caught. or shot at his hand out latest business news and co there is. more can you tell a shot and that's right the world's top soft and jesus has taken a leading russian company need to make the number one on the russian drinks and have more later in the program but first this hour hundreds of companies more of the world are in moscow hoping to find out what russia has to offer in terms of nano technology and international forum is underway aiming to encourage more

foreign investment in sex at all correspondent daniel bushell is following events at the us nano tech for. bush is going over guns blazing in his attempt to bring high tech to the country to transform the country from the robots it was produced into an innovative one we've seen the high tech spots of silicon valley like google and intel of many more scope within the last month a russian official delegation that went to california to see how they do it of course the head of building you saw in silicon valley near moscow in a place called spoke about now we have this nano tech twenty ten pretty much the most high profile six or russian i think at the moment that a technology which involves breaking down materials into toity atoms and then rebuilding them to produce lloyd's a strong good new materials and troll dogs and spearheading that is a company called bring over and we're joined by mccall live shits who's the director of the company because tell us a specific nano project which will change people's lives the progress of the

projects we should be moving it's an example as a center of the coding solutions that's called by over and over much more important things which we have time to build now is the focal project as you mentioned and the event where we are now it is a good indicator that you know not everything going smoothly and well. at least on the government and business to say that they've brought on the ten cent to try and of the economy and. it's going from the year three year two on the main build the solar panels in russia doesn't seem the sunniest country in the world seems a bit strange still for when i talk about such a part of the it's not on the the contrary. that hopefully if we'll see the insulation my profession. it's not exactly the sunniest place but don't forget

about members from the south park. and don't forget that knowledge of the thing field technology. ever think which i'm going to kind of. give it's a driver and it is a step forward and it's bruce it's more export oriented for the full tall good stuff you set for an over in terms of renewables and new thoughts of energy if you go to talk in terms of position i want them to turn over. you know we over there have some assets in europe which are dealing with the renewable energy we order to operate and we are going to produce means that we are born to build more operational units. with all the businesses which are going behind. exclusive interview ahead of us not to unintelligible i ask a volunteer hints about risk then i was most promising projects. we're here for more the most approachable. ball. sucrose in the industry it's

a bowl. of them which is very interesting it's about three or five of them which we should be. all three project. richmond to the war. see how the markets are performing now here in moscow both of the climbing in morning trade. to make you fly gangs in the r.t.s. i do less and over in asia stocks are flat as investors the way the outcome of the u.s. midterm elections and the federal reserve's two day meeting in japan a strong yen is continuing to wear the markets nikkei is closed just in the black. berry now leading french defense contractor do c.l.'s with vessels of russia's state building corp d.c.m.s. is a specialist in naval carriers and will help to build both military and civilian ships . were george the russians buy medicines without insurance nineteen percent so they

can't afford them however i knew spending on medicine in russia is still only eighty two dollars a person as a third at the level in great britain ten of the us russia's national public opinion center also found that forty percent five of them without the advice of a doctor russian authorities say they're considering a drug prescription system in the country but no sooner than in two thousand and thirteen. next to russia's internet advertising companies have earned two hundred forty million dollars in the third quarter russia's association of communication agencies says online almost overtaken in print media advertisers and sales. the internet may soon become russia's second most popular promotion to one of the television as early as the fourth quarter this year. and finally this hour it seems coca-cola has a thirst for russian. the world's top software producer has acquired one hundred percent russian company down the deal worth two hundred eighty million dollars

gives coca-cola first place in the russian market the company owns two plants the cost of producing five hundred sixty eight million liters of drink a year. and that shop day for now we can always find more stories on our website r.t. dot com slash business.