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hotel. the international association of russian language and literature teachers will host a world festival of russian language. are you interested in a better understanding of russian language and culture can you sing russian songs well. participant of the world festival of russian language and win an exciting trip to st petersburg in russia. for more information visit the festival website. sparks fly voices claims to russia's foreign eastern islands. japan has recalled its ambassador to russia amid a diplomatic dispute following president medvedev his visit to the far eastern russian territory of 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 sell the u.s. votes in midterm elections with signs pointing to a republican victory but many americans fear the corporate agenda is eclipsing democracy. and the celebrating human ambition of the international space station marks a decade of bad operations while critics pushed for breakthroughs to justify its billions in costs. you're watching r t coming to you live from the russian capital welcome to the program now first scandalous that's the way russia is viewing the recall of the japanese ambassador from moscow over an escalating territorial dispute tokyo is

protesting against president medvedev visit to russia's southern karylle islands which japan claims as its own party's peter all over is following the diplomatic row. well the latest that we have is from foreign minister sergei lavrov who says that the russia will not recall. from japan in response to ambassador being sent home greeting the cold hope earlier on today a very strongly worded statement from the foreign minister certainly pulling no punches yes it was japan's ambassador receives directions about his actions directly from tokyo so this is their internal affair but generally the ongoing staring of emotions on japan's part over president medvedev visit to the caribbean islands is causing concern with us i stated repeatedly to such actions and protests from tokyo are unacceptable and we reaffirm this position mr lavrov also said that president medvedev may visit more of the korean islands in the future as four islands have based in me just off the northwest coast of japan they came under

control of moscow of the one nine hundred forty five and japan currently believes that they should be returned to them at the moment this all comes on the on the eve just about next week we see the apec summit taking place in japan and yokohama now we're hearing from the kremlin that president medvedev will still be attending the apec summit and the japanese side is saying that bilateral talks between president medvedev and the japanese prime minister will go ahead as planned and we can hear now from the japanese foreign minister about the recalling of his ambassador. it is extremely regrettable that president made very to visited the crew islands even though japan had earlier notified russia that there could be a negative impact on bilateral relations we decided not embassador kono should return home temporarily so he can brief us on the background of the visit. well this diplomatic dispute caused many politicians here in russia to term it as scandalous and it's something that will be ongoing for a little while yet but the islands have been pretty much disputed since they were

first discovered by explorers in the seventeenth century the dispute that we're seeing at the moment stems from one nine hundred forty five and the end of the second world war when moscow took over control of them and they became part of the soviet union now part of the russian federation japan says that these islands should be returned to them as they belong to japan before the second world war now one of the main reasons that these islands are so hotly disputed is because they have vast wealth of minerals oil and gas reserves so key economic places and that's why both sides want them so badly. americans are voting in midterm elections to decide the future of the house of representatives and one third of the senate now opinion polls predict barack obama's democrats could lose control of the house back to republicans but with vast amounts of campaign cash going to be selections some voters are more concerned about the corporate backing behind candidates are these going reports. the typical attack ads from this election season.

trying to. exempt the opponent to obtrude the ad is herself and x. throwing washington post 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 u.s. for the first time corporations are allowed to funnel as much money as they run into political campaigns and they are definitely not missing out on the chance to 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 will cut in their bottom lines and 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 bowl to their benefactor it's increased enormously you know quality in influencing policy makers policy making. process influencing their regulatory process because we. are behind all of these contributions not or good citizens or for united states but basically the most power for a breach of people to watch the flu. in action take a 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 insurance or firms and drug manufacturers beaner is campaigning in a gas all kinds of government regulations as well as a tax increase for the rich another candidate wanting for reelection republican congressman spencer baucus who is a ranking member of

a house committee on financial services he has reportedly taken over four million dollars from wall street and pledged to find against tom for 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 i have of core option is the privatization of public parties here mongering is arguably the main tool corporations use to gain public support for the candidates they choose 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 and should be more democratic. next monday and some fear their interest may be left down because of someone's special interest on the outside as democracy is move on with people coming to a polling station friends putting a cost before the name of a candidate they like but in these elections with the influence of corporations on me it seems a really has a vote in american mail is money on its side. on t. washington d.c. . earlier we spoke to dave levinthal from the center for responsive politics that tracks campaign spending now he believes there's a possibility politicians become dictated to by they do nader's as soon as they get into congress. there is a concern among many people that politicians who receive a considerable amount of money from a particular industry or a particular union or special interest group are going to be beholden to that

entity when they get into congress so in other words they get a whole lot of money from people who want them to do something in particular and then they go to congress and then all of those special interest groups come back to them and say hey remember when i gave you that big check or remember when i supported you with millions of dollars of television advertisements well they're going to come with their handout at that point wall street has played a major role in the success of republicans going forward in large part because we have found that republicans have shifted their donations just in less than two years time from giving primarily to democrats to now giving primarily to republicans so across the nation that equals the equivalent of millions upon millions of dollars that instead of benefiting the democrats are now benefiting the republicans. well still ahead for you in the program over a barrel a jailed for oil convicted of stealing billions could see his sentence extended in

a case that's fueling debate find out more as our team brings you the latest from the courtroom and beyond. russia's back in afghanistan we take a look at moscow's mission and the troubled region. now one of the most ambitious projects in history the international space station is marking a decade of manned operations the i assess has been an epic the bastone for space exploration as it served as humanity's longest home away from home parts of the station were assembled separately in russia and the u.s. and only came together in orbit now since then it's been visited by some two hundred people from fifteen countries are ready to go but that's no get the lowdown on the entire project from mark you're an who's been involved in the space station program since its inception now mark the idea says it's expected to operate for up to ten more years do you think there is scope for expanding its overall view spur haps to all countries and even private research projects. in fact

that's been the plan since the very beginning of the program we've always planned to complete the assembly and then we'll do that within the next twelve months and then ramp up the uses of the space station not just by the space agencies but by private companies and by other international partners ok with people around the world still suffering the effects of be economic downturn how justifiable is it to be a multi-billion dollar project such as the i assess. well research and development has always been the basis for economic growth the best way for us to see economic growth in the future of all the partner nations is to be investing in that research and the space station provides an incredible platform because of the new breakthroughs that can allow in biology chemistry and physics in the future and i will talk we're talking about future breakthroughs but how soon

can taxpayers get their value for money. well we've already begun writing agreements with universities with private companies and we're looking at developing new vaccines new drugs. across the range of spectra there are research already in motion that we believe will be yielding results within the next several years ok will be i assess the first ever international outpost in orbit now how has this helped to further exploration. by having a platform in space allows us to test out the next generation technologies many of the systems on the space station like the systems that provide oxygen and water that we need to go further into space are being developed on the international space station today we've learned how to produce water and oxygen in

a system that is almost closed loop eighty percent of the water and oxygen on space station is recycled and in order to travel further into the universe we're going to have to be able to recycle all of our materials energy efficiency is also driven by the next space station systems and as we travel further and farther each of these technologies has to be improved. i hear what you're talking about further exploration of space and there's been talk the i assessed could be used as a launching pad for exploring the cosmos beyond the earth's orbit how realistic are such ambitions. well we've already begun looking at concepts for assembling spacecraft at the space station for testing the systems out that will be needed for future spacecraft and there's absolutely nothing that would prevent us from assembling a spacecraft that the parts from the i assess and either navigate the moon or

the points in the near cosmos and demonstrates these systems in either an automated or eventually perhaps even a crude capacity all right well thank you very much that was mark huron who has been involved in the space station program since the very beginning. well former oil tycoon. who was jailed for embezzlement and tax evasion in two thousand and three is back in court new charges brought against him could see his story extended until twenty seventeen now he's been giving his concluding speech at a court hearing and artists are firth has been following the case. lou strong words today for mikhail khodorkovsky as he gave the final speech of the mosque a court ahead of the verdict this child like had a close get along with his former business partner plots on lead the standing trial accused of rules and. now he said we had him say today call on the judge to have

coverage saying that the fate of all russian dressed all in the verdicts that will be delivered a little they he doesn't want to die in prison and that if it required it he wouldn't hesitate and we've heard strong critics of this case saying that both the previous charges and these new charges that are being fought for a punishment for the opposition that kind of clothes he has shown to the government and now with one year to his release we've seen these new charges quotes but there are others that have said that she had a close has ruled this country of billions of dollars and that now he may be trying to evade his responsibility for that certainly for the prosecutor in this case valerie elected saying that cut across these the fed is completely built on the line and that he's trying to create a political elements and play up to the political element in this trial with

a new charges against how to close down his business partner left with. no food and embezzlement now that they stand and he's. stealing over two hundred eighteen billion tons of oil from the former oil company you close now that's twenty seven billion dollars worth of oil if they're found guilty they could face time behind bars they can live up to twenty seventeen so the verdict will these new charges is expected to be delivered on the fifteenth of december. well martin war top news stories on our website r t v dot com including an eighty five year old woman who was savage and. pit bull attack in her own backyard of russia's south does after several days in a coma. and being targeted as a criminal before even committing a crime find out about preemptive prosecution in the united states at r t v dot com . well russia has started delivering free guns and ammunition to on the

afghan police the first aircraft has already landed in kabul and sixteen more shipments are expected to take place as part of a bilateral agreement reached in august military analysts say russia will engage further in countering threats emanating from afghanistan. there's a big throw. all neighboring countries. regional superpower i think that. russia should be real engage. the only limit. of russian troops. much of the drug problem it was very remarkable new speech came recently a balti successful joint operation we all expect the. operation real continue in the future because russian people know more from of their every day life.

drugs. re preserve a future threat to all of us all. well turning to some world news in brief now at least seventy six people have been killed in around two hundred wounded after a series of ten explosions across the iraqi capital baghdad the bombs attacks targeted mainly shiite neighborhoods took place near restaurants and crowded markets and what happened during funerals for the victims of the catholic troop siege two days ago when the fifty eight people killed rocketry stormed the building after al-qaeda militants had the congregation caustic. a parcel bomb has exploded at the swiss embassy in athens police say the device was thrown into the courtyard of the building there are no reports of injuries or deaths it comes amid heightened security in the greek capital after a mail bomb exploded at a delivery company on monday suspicious packages were also found at the bulgarian

and chalet in embassies greek authorities have already charged two men with terror acts. britain and france have signed it military treaties which include setting up a joint force sharing equipment and testing nuclear warheads and the u.k. prime minister and french present. are discussing their plans in london officials say the deal will save the millions and boost the fighting power of both countries a nuclear testing center will be set up in france and technology is expected to be developed in britain. in germany now an unexpected sinkhole that appeared in the middle of the street has forced dozens of people to flee their homes the hole which is about twenty leaders deep and forty meters wide swallow the entire car officials say it's still unclear why the sinkhole appeared but it's thought that underground rock had broken up creating a cavity beneath the surface. now

a group of hedge fund owners is planning one of the biggest charity events ever and hopes to raise up to ten million dollars later financial analysts max keiser and stacy herbert discuss if the money will really go to the needy or disappear down the thirsty throats of the global party organizers a. total of five or ten million dollars in charity versus bankrupting the economy putting millions out of work people starving to death these are the charlatans that are destroying the economy they're not doing anything good in the wall street journal of course is the poster child for the rags murdoch's rag that he puts out there with these editorials that are concocted by a diseased mind of another oligarch it's all about murdoch and all of our telling is hedge fund old cock supporters that it's ok to starve kids around the world to have your swell little champagne parties you know this is pathetic you know this is why marie antoinette ultimately ended up in a state not just similar to what we see right here with who is

a schmuck oh this is frickin ben bernanke you ok notice he's missing is. well drove the car is a report in ten minutes time but right now let's get the latest business news with the eula. hello time for a business update armed police have raided a bank owned by russian tycoon alex on that leap is if national reserve corp is one of the key assets of the london evening standard and independent newspapers all correspondent he was at the scene. in the afternoon a group of mosques the armed policemen walked into the building of the national reserve bank searching for some documents there's been no clarification from the authorities as to what these documents were and what this search was all about the

only comment we managed to receive from a spokesperson of the interior ministry in moscow was that this search was conducted in accordance with a criminal investigation which was launched earlier but he did not clarify any details about what this investigation was about and what this search was for the national reserve bank belongs to a with very well known russian businessman alex on that libya is the owner of several investment companies in russia as well as owning several media including the british newspapers the evening standard and independent so far there's been nothing illegitimate about his business and this is the first time that such search is being conducted in one of liberty of buddies the world bank has lowered its all to look for russia's growth but it sounds domestic consumers on driving local economy helping to offset the global slowdown. we expect a four point two growth rate this year and a slight improvement for next year at around four point five as to mystic demand

and credit recovers. so the second message is that this growth in russia in particular is driven mainly now by domestic demand which is good news because it's locally driven right so you're less vulnerable perhaps there on any pretention deceleration in outside markets. last summer's heatwave has left one point four million russians below the poor to line the trunk killed up to forty percent of crops in some areas and pushed prices to their highest for years that hit the pockets of the retired and those living off allowances the world bank says almost two percent of the population is now impoverished but says rising incomes for the short but the poor which is why it is temporary. a quick look at the markets u.s. stocks are up as investors await the results of meet term elections on trade as always awaiting for the federal reserve to wrap up a meeting wednesday where it is expected to announce plans to stimulate the economy

. down to check the numbers in europe stocks made some gains in london the foot six climbed more than one percent in the ducts was up point eight percent b.p. shares jumped about one percent one point seven percent even though third quarter profits fell by six to seven percent the company set aside more money to pay for the gulf of mexico oil spill. and in most of the bosses close stop on tuesday most of the major blue chips finished up bucking the trend with air of water down about one percent of those companies and the news of such as conducted by the police at the bank will be one of their thoughts onus looks on deliberative nineteen point five percent of abortions lightship xperia what could have helped chess to gain is the company's profit report air force says its net profits soared one hundred percent according to russian accounting standards. the russian stock exchange r.t.s. has decided to hold i.p.o.

as soon as next year it will place at least twenty percent of shares worth around six hundred thirty million dollars r.t.s. representatives say the i.p.o. has nothing to do with any merger with my six. mark we are an open joint stock company so everyone may buy shares but i think these processes are not connected at all. to buy the shares of r.g.s. has no connection with this the primary goal of the i.p.o. is to encourage the strategic development of. disappoint to recent wall words between russia and turkmenistan talks about gas supplies all warming up. during his visit to turkmenistan russia's first deputy prime minister viktor to call said that russia is interested in old turkmenistan gas pipeline project he also didn't exclude the possibility that russia could raise the gasoline price from turkmenistan in case the demand in europe grows zuckoff missing is particularly

important now after the tensions between the two contras over the gas trade escalated last week just to remind you and we can go on the freshest top officials eager sachin doubted the visibility all for one of turkmenistan gas pipeline project and he also said that there the minister won't be able to supply gas to the west without crossing the russian territory. and in turn accused russia in interfering in its efforts to build energy ties with europe. not technology can save money for the energy industry by finding a use for waste chemicals gas from an razzano will jointly apply the technology in cowsills the product from those who have walked out of plan of joint action on four projects so they include the use of so for us to build too much so for limits the

extraction of gas going to build one of the project would use this in construction and rule building. that's here update for now but you can get more stories for web site r.t. dot com slash business. the admiral no human a passenger liner sailing in the black sea. august thirty first nineteen eighty six. twenty three twenty young. old

kilometers off shore. crashes into another vessel. four hundred and twenty three people die. russian titanic. the close up team has beams a creature where russia's first free elections were held a thousand years ago. now party goes to the area that used to be a place of exile since the seventeenth century. where businesses take advantage of the wild growing products. where rich economic life gives birth to innovate of idea to come to the tomsk region crusher close up on a hard.