today's top stories and a look back at the week in review here on r t barack obama has reassured dimitri medvedev as his determination to see the senate ratify the start treaty on nuclear cuts with of the next few weeks the comments came at a meeting on the apec summit in japan artie's tests are cilia has more from yokohama.

president obama assured russian leader dimitri medvedev the ratifying the nuclear cuts treaty remains a top american priority as they meet on the sidelines of the asia pacific summit. in other stories that shape this week the leaders of the world's richest economies agreed to have a good current conflict but failed to adopt real measures to tackle deep trade trouble. an investigation into the costs of all organ trafficking network brings the spotlight on the claims that hundreds of other body parts removed and sold during the yugoslav war. and the traitor at the top russian newspaper claims a senior intelligence officer is to blame for the exposure of ten russian agents in the us we report. this is r.t. welcome it's eight pm sunday night here in moscow i'm kevin zero in with the top stories from the week and russia and the u.s. have reaffirmed their commitment to slashing their country's nuclear arsenals president obama says ratifying the start treaty will be a top senate priority it came on french talks with dmitri medvedev of the asia pacific summit which is now wrapped up in japan

but that the system is on the right path of transformation and the latest online video blog dimitri medvedev calls for more political competition to avoid stagnation. goodish student protests once again turn violent as thousands mobilize against university theorizes and education cuts. surprise and other european union countries over brooklyn astaire and pressures to say fifteen euro. and r.t. travels to central asia to look at what's being done to bring back to life the dried out desert which used to be a sea. the soviet union strange was for cotton cultivation and devastated the straits region because of the sea to disappear. and up next our debate show cross talk host peter lavelle today asked his guests if president obama is.

dimitri medvedev has told russia's far east currall islands has angered japan which also claims the territory moscow says its ownership is beyond dispute and promises to invest in the remote region. and president obama's party suffers a defeat us mid-term elections but many say it's ordinary americans don't really last out as big businesses played a big role in deciding the outcome. of a giant passenger passenger ship admiral not him all the was the most comfortable soviet vessel but many wanted to experience the floating luxury only a lucky few managed to get their hands on tickets but their luck may have been about to run out stay with us here on our team. always thirty first nine hundred eighty six at ten pm the joint passenger liner admiral not he says sail from the soviet portal and over the seas on a cruise of the black sea. there are more than a thousand passengers and crew members aboard. the large boat kerry appeal to fully laden with canadian wheat is set to enter a port the two will converge fourteen minutes before midnight the freighter will ram into the storm side of the lord at

president variable outline russia's plans for progress countries more months they should progress dimitri medvedev previous addresses to parliament are largely updating the country's politics and economics one vital. world leaders say global diplomacy will not be affected by the latest wiki leaks revelations which contain embarrassing comments about boys more than two hundred thousand private american embassy documents something published many criticize in the country's close allies. and key oil to test for barack obama's political course as a democrat suppress the republicans to get the nuclear cuts deal signed off on the senate is still in action and a strong u.s. instance of rush to find a treaty is a top priority for national security. the u.n. conference on the climate change is underway in mexico ahead of the meeting toward the russian president's adviser on global warming. i did some that evanovich thank you for sitting down with us the first question is about the kyoto protocol what's your take on it. it is an efficient international regulation mechanism which allowed the participating sta

. >> reporter: president obama and russian president dimitri medvedev agreed to work together on security issue. >> i reiterated my commitment to get the stark treaty done during the lame duck session and i communicated to congress that it is a top priority. >> reporter: the meeting in japan comes as the president ends his ten-day asian tour. it is a trip that didn't always go as he hoped. president obama cut a new trade deal with india but couldn't nail down ape free trade agreement with south korea. he again pushed his idea that expanding trade with asia will create jobs in america. >> what happens in japan or china or indonesia also has a direct effect on the lives and fortunes of the american people. >> reporter: president obama returns to washington sunday. he'll land just as republicans prepare to take control of the house. >> the american people have sent their government a clear message. they want us to focus on jobs. >> reporter: both have to deal with the bush era tax cuts that expire at the end of the year. president obama says the nation can't afford to make them permanent. he

have signed a number of deals to boost investment in the far east and peace on the peninsula dimitri medvedev met his korean counterpart in seoul ahead of the g twenty summit to leaders have reaffirmed the strategic nature of the bilateral relations twentieth anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties said that within international always required to maintain peace on the korean peninsula which was a focus of the talks interview two korean media russian media the school of north korea's nuclear ambitions. political and military tension in the region we have however stressed that diplomacy is the only way to resolve the issue. and then you can log on to our website to read the full version of our interview with the russian leader and get in-depth analysis on all the stories we're covering such as one of the world's most famous death row prisoners gets about the shock of breaking free and find out all the details of these raids. on balance in a new citizen from twenty countries. plus the moscow zorro comes to moscow check out the costumes behind the scenes interviews and much more sex

dimitri medvedev store owner. russia's far east to cool real islands has angered japan which also claims the territory but moscow says its ownership is beyond dispute and promises to invest in the remote region. president obama's party suffers a defeat in u.s. midterm elections but many you say it's ordinary americans who have really lost out as big business played a big part in deciding the outcome. while coming up next sophie shevardnadze discusses the future of the movie industry and a particular tastes of russian viewers with the head of the disney company for russia and the c.i.s. enjoy. my initial golf was kind of thank you very much for this interview thank you very much for the invitation now more and more russian films take part in an international film festival so sexually mean that movies are becoming a full fledged business in russia all this new company came few years ago for the russian market and since then the whole movie industry in russia picked up and now russian box office is one of the leading

race and forging closer ties with foreign partners those are the top priorities outlined in dimitri medvedev a presidential address to the federal assembly today. it's barack obama's big test as he tries to break republican opposition and use his final chance this year so push through congress. treaty with russia. peace activists have been demonstrating for almost a decade against its involvement in the afghanistan war but the protests are falling on deaf ears. he is coming to you live from moscow welcome to the program russia's president dmitri medvedev this has warned of a new arms race unless russia and nato compromise on a joint missile system addressing the two houses of the russian parliament today he also underlined the importance of intensifying the fight against widespread corruption one of the many obstacles on the path to modernization and he said now it gives us a review of the presidential speech. that easy d.m. or i seascape figured out c d b d h me to get you the state of the nation a perfect way to make a statement about how to protect the interests of a state russia sees mis

one says russian president dimitri medvedev plays robin to mr. putin's batman. french prime minister sarkozy is called an emperrer with no clothes. italian prime minister berlusconi, feckless, vain and ineffective. north korea's kim jong-il, a flabby old chap. embarrassing to be sure, but not a threat to national security. >> in my conversations, at least one of my counterparts said to me, well, don't worry about it, you should see what we say about you. >> reporter: today, attorney general eric holder said that crimes have been committed with these leaks. and, diane, he announced that the justice department has launched an investigation to try to figure out how it all happened and to hold those responsible accountable. >> well, thanks, john. of course, that's the question asked all day long, how could this happen? at the center of it all, of course, the mysterious, defiant editor in chief, julian assange, who considers himself a revolutionary, while others condemn him as reckless about innocent human life. he has been behind doors today but he e-mailed with our

agreements on a joint anti missile system otherwise a new arms race may start that's according to dimitri medvedev food delivered the presidential address to russia's parliament efforts in the curbing corruption russia's plans to join the w t o were also among the focal points. gives us a review of the presidential speech. just behind me is the kremlin from which president dmitri medvedev did deliver his annual state of the nation address in that address the president highlighted the significance all of the russian. joint mistrial defense plan for the whole being discussed this of course echoes previous statements made at the news the russian they say some issues the president said that russia is very key to cooperate to such plans but only if russia can do so on an equal footing and as an equal partner will in this particular address to meet to meet thread of major role the all minister blog saying that there's only one real bolts how to see such joint missile defense plans and that's an alms race. in the next decade we have the following alternatives either we reach an agreement on missile defen

capital welcome to the program all moscow has dubbed unacceptable japan's diplomatic protests over dimitri medvedev his visit to russia saw their gruel islands tokyo which claims the four islands as its own so the president's trip was regrettable and some of russia's ambassador to japan the island's law and the pacific. and are part of a larger russian held archipelago to the north of japan they came under bosco's control at the end of world war two now the region has a rich fishing grounds and mineral deposits and is believed to have vast oil and gas reserves president get a became the first russian leader to visit the area parties x. on a boy reports. it's a leftover from the second world war old soviet tanks rusting on the shore with their barrels pointed towards your pan the cornish your island together with three other pacific islands was taking over by the soviet union sixty five years ago but the tussle to define its national identity still goes on. these cross appeared here a few years ago soon after the russian orthodox church opened its parish on the island of she katon after decades of s

top stories in a look back at the week's main news our top story barack obama has reassured dimitri medvedev a visit to terminations to see the senate to ratify the start treaty on nuclear cuts within the next few weeks the comments came at a meeting on the sidelines of the apec summit in japan artie's tests are cilia more from yokohama. there was the first talk of the a second day of the summit and yes at the top of the agenda on the table is the ratification of the new start treaty now a president obama had every iterated his commitment to the russian president that he is going to make sure that the treaty gets done at the lame duck session of the u.s. congress i reiterated my commitment to go start tweeting. during the lame duck session. or that this would reduce the nuclear long range missiles of the two countries by thirty percent if it would allow the two countries to check on the stockpiles of each other two presidents brought this up today but they said that they will hammer out the details of the nato summit upcoming nato summit next week in lisbon we believe that russia nature of r

it came on a fringe talks with dimitri medvedev the asia pacific summit which has just wrapped up in japan artes to australia is that. there at the apec summit actually the talks between the russian president dmitry medvedev and a u.s. president barack obama happened on the sidelines it was the first talk of the a second day of the summit and yes at the top of the agenda on the table is the ratification of the new start treaty now a president obama had there reiterated his commitment to the russian president that he is going to make sure that the treaty gets done at the lame duck session of the u.s. congress and he also said that he had communicated to the u.s. politicians that this is of the utmost of priority i reiterated my commitment. to start tweeting. during the lame duck session. or already this would reduce the nuclear long range missiles of the two countries by thirty percent it and it would allow the two countries to check on the stockpiles of each other two presidents brought this up today but they said that they will hammer out the details of the nato summit upcoming nato

look over i've been watching it but i take us through the key points so what's dimitri medvedev are trying to achieve that. well in his address russian president dmitry medvedev mean least spoke about the need to modernize russia's political system with the help of gradual but still reforms but also to make sure that a stable political system doesn't mean that it's the naysaying. national political system or we simply want to make our political system more fan more flexible more dynamic and more open to renewal and development he must enjoy the confidence of our lecturing it is no secret that for some time now signs of stagnation have begun to appear in our political life because to belittle he has threatened to turn into stagnation. the national president also spoke about the freedom of speech in the country they need to improve the quality of the work representation have stronger opposition forces and simply have a better political competition in more rights for political minorities. or if the opposition has no chance at all of winning a fair fight it degrades and becomes marginal or if

live from moscow welcome to the program in a few hours time dimitri medvedev will outline russia's goals underachievement to parliament in his previous state of the nation address the president said more than the rising the country's politics and economics with the main challenges with more on this. in central moscow now look through no let you know what's expected in this year's address. will carry on like last year's address the topics of this year's address that will be delivered by russian president dmitry medvedev in just a few hours remain undisclosed there are of course general areas that the president is definitely going to cover concerning both domestic and foreign policies problems successes and failures all those will be addressed by the russian leader in just a matter of hours but the exact thesis is that he will be delivering force i know and we do know that he will be touching upon various aspects of russia's domestic policy specifically of course the ongoing fight with the option which has become somewhat of a theme to meet. biggest presidency it is something that he wants

dimitri medvedev and the japanese prime minister not to kind of we're expecting them to talk about territorial issues us specifically the issue with the karylle islands now this again comes on the back of the twenty now the currency war is one of the issues that have been talked about and this still needs to be ironed out by the countries involved in this be a package for him so let's look at the package followed by my colleague and me so now we from that you can twenty. the world after the war the weapon currency. the fallout trade imbalance the world's paying i mean the world is paying the price for the asset bubbles that are being blown throughout the emerging markets and this high stakes battle for global exchanges it's china versus the u.s. on the western front the fed pumping six hundred billion bucks into the american economy the value of the dollar while slamming china are not readily revaluing if you want on the eastern front the chinese position is well you're depreciating the dollar why shouldn't we really value the remove the chinese currency which the u.s. is doing so it's really

dollar deals were signed and russia agreed to build the country's first nuclear power plant dimitri medvedev also stressed the need to help vietnam develop as a powerful and modern state the two sides signed additional agreements on construction of a hydro power station and cooperation in the oil sector moscow seeks to strengthen already well established ties with the former soviet ally. the first ever joint us russian anti drugs operation in war torn afghanistan has been hailed a success special forces knocked out for drug labs on the afghan border with pakistan and confiscated a ton of heroin worth hundreds of millions of dollars afghan president hamid karzai condemned the operation claiming it violated the country's sovereignty but russian officials say karzai statement is confusing as the red brigade was led by the afghan interior ministry. reports that some moscow some for some moscow's part of the u.s. led mission came as a complete shock. for this one dies so did this one group and this one group or this one died too well this one lost his leg. and he got a mush is showing his quote r

storm over the could deal dimitri medvedev becomes the first russian leader to visit the island sparking protests from japan. baghdad's christian community takes to the streets over iraqi security forces handling of the deadly church attack that left fifty eight dead. lean mean and green scientists struggled to get an alternative power source recognize. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is our t. certainly glad to have you with us moscow has dubbed as an acceptable japan's diplomatic protest over dmitri medvedev his visit to russia's southern corridor tokyo which claims the four islands as its own said the president's trip was regrettable and summoned russia's ambassador to japan the islands lie in the pacific and are part of a larger russian held archipelago to the north of japan became under moscow's control at the end of world war two the region has richer fishing grounds and mineral deposits and is believed to have vast oil and gas reserves president medvedev became the first russian leader to visit the area. it's a leftover from the second world war old sovie

imperfect but this system is on the right path of transformation in the latest song by video blog dimitri medvedev calls for more political competition for the start of. britain's student protests once again turned violent as thousands mobilize against university few rises and education cuts while anger intensifies in other european union countries over crippling a sturdy measures to save the elite euro. our team travels to central asia to look at what's being done to bring back to life the dried up closer which used to be a seat the soviet union strange plans for a call to the cultivation deficit of the one.

temporarily recalled its ambassador from moscow for consultations the day off the president dimitri medvedev visited russia's crude islands which tokyo claims as it sounded off script described japan's actions as rash but it stands on the status of islands unacceptable. as the u.s. gears up for crucial midterm elections some are more concerned about the corporate backing of candidates in question what it means for democracy opinion polls suggest the vote could be wrong with iraq obama's democrats are majority in congress. and a decade in the stars the international space station marks ten years as a manned mission in rabbit experts continue to strive to make the scientific leaps needed to justify its huge cost but i sense it could serve as mankind's gateway to the galaxy for years to come and. stay with us now for the kaiser report this week it's looking at the greed eating away at america's troubled economy and the no holds barred take on the week's biggest financial stores. time now for the kaiser report markets finance and scandals all the scandals that are driving the global economy into

address now i'm joined by dmitri babbage from the reno vesty news agency always good seeing so dimitri medvedev says that russia or nato should assess military threats together otherwise a new arms race may start one of the obstacles to that well i mean the main problem is how is russia going to be viewed by a need to isn't going to be viewed as a serious partner in building that anti-missile defense that old gower or if it's viewed seriously then there is no point or another arms race that made a video for made it very clear just a few days ago. that he doesn't want a formal but you said russia and the project by not going to be part of the furniture as he said. they think here in just a little more clear terms he reiterated the same and also proposals today again to create that economic space spreading from the arctic to the pacific ocean covering the whole of the regime has been put is that possible is that really realistic at the end of the day could it be done well just a few days ago prime minister. forced the same common economic space for the e.u. and russia. i think it's not only reali

but that the system is on the right across from a friend to the latest almight a video blog dimitri medvedev calls for more political competition to avoid stagnation. tustin once again turned violent as thousands mobilize against university the riser son's education process while agger intensifies and other european union countries over a crippling a staring reference to savor the illegal euro. and r.t.e. travels to central asia to look at what's being done to bring back to life the dried out dust refused to be assume the soviet union's drainage.

.™ been continuing in lisbon and nighto leaders meeting with dimitri medvedev to try to get him on amissile shield over europe and nato said that russia was receptive. also in the spotlight afghanistan and the future of that country's security concerns. nato nations have agreed to start turning over afghan security to its military next year. and give local sources complete control by 2014. however, the u.s. and allies appear to be at odds on when combat operations there will end. is the 2014 security deadline realistic for afghanistan? joining us now with some thoughts and perspective, the former u.s. ambassador to nato. thank you for being here. >> thank you very much. >> uma: the fact that the u.s. and allies disagree when combat operations will actually end, is this a signal that the united states is not fft that afghanistan can actually secure its country and really take full control by that time? >> well, i think that disagreement, but different ways to talk about the same thing. the first thing we had to do is get rid of the july 20, 11 date. and understood we had to dump that

caution happening in moscow and st petersburg russian president dmitri medvedev says the attackers must be found and punished dimitri of a cilia former editor in chief of commerce says cautions bold writing could indeed have provoked anger among some. of course the reason for this attack is conscience professional activity he was a popular blogger and he was more open and outspoken online then in the paper common sense has a certain more reserved style this beating is very similar to the attack on the journalist because of which took place a couple of years ago this mention of his fingers for example so that the person could not write anymore there is a horror show element. japan seems ready to mend ties with russia as its ambassador has returned to moscow earlier than expected he was recalled following a spat over president visit to the coral islands to which tokyo also lays claim as our teams are solid boyko reports moscow has not forgotten it's about territory and has big plans for the area. it's a leftover from the second world war old soviet tanks rusting on the shore barrels pointed toward japan they're about