they have taken control of several major cities in the region the incumbent president laurent gbagbo refuses to step down it's quite an international consensus that he last november's election up to a million people have fled their homes fearing a widespread civil war. right now it's time for the business news with dmitri. welcome to the program japanese carmakers of mostly resumed operations almost three weeks after the disaster. however the car market globally still concerned about roi disruptions forecasting firm i.h.s. automotive recently estimates that the quake caused a sixty five percent decline in production in the last two weeks of march however russian car dealers apparently think no shortages so far one of the country's top car dealers rolf is confident about that market. to you or to and the submission russia we're not affected by the crisis in japan we're