returns to moscow earlier than expected after he was recalled while japan lays claims to the islands russia says the ownership is beyond dispute and promises more investment in the remote region. as the headlines coming up next sophie shevardnadze discusses the future of the movie industry and the particular tastes of russian euros with the head of the disney company for russia and. 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 to the russian market and since then the whole movie industry in russia picked up and now russian box office is one of the leading in the world a lot of. so i think with a lot of comfort i can say that. this is the really important and very fast growing market in russia but yet do you have maybe have a feeling that that could just a company came a little late to the russian market. in our view it was exactly the right t

islands r.t. is on a boycott has been following the leaders of those it to the region. made a video for us of the first leader of either russia or the soviet union to visit those islands and one of the reasons why russian and soviet leaders have been so reluctant to venture into that part of the country is because they didn't want to crave the attention of with the neighboring japan but we should be there sad if he felt it was extremely important it was incumbent on him to do so to stress the strategic importance of this region and also sad that it is very important for russia to make sure that people living in the crew live as don't feel abandoned that they don't feel neglected that they have acceptable living standards how to keep plots to continue our kids in resources in order to develop their regions and infrastructure here is exactly what she sat. in recent years we've managed to change the situation for the better new housing is being built social infrastructure being created it's good as it's improving living standards and gives hope that they could reach the same levels as the mainland within a reasonable time frame

temporarily recalled that some basses are to russia as a diplomatic route with moscow escalates it follows a president who had his visit to the caribbean islands which are internationally recognized as russian territory but also claimed by japan correspondent peter over is following the story from russia's foreign ministry. kind of recalled their ambassador. he studies way back to tokyo right now this is over the visit by president medvedev to curtail islands russia's territory in the far east of the country this is interesting due to the apec summit which is just around the corner coming up next weekend. in japan and there's expected to be talks between president medvedev and the japanese prime minister at that conference. and the kremlin has said that there's absolutely no reason why the recall of the us there from from moscow to tokyo to have any effect on those talks going ahead. it is extremely regrettable that president visited cannot should he island even though japan had earlier notified russia that there could be a negative impact on the bilateral relations we decided that ambassador o'connell should return home temporarily so he can

pacific storm president madrid to visit to russia south korea island provokes anger into paris which claims the far eastern territory as its own russian's foreign minister says tokyo's reaction is unacceptable. a new technology that could revolutionize nuclear power scientists across the globe are pushing countries to give it a talent but their ideas are seen by some as a waste of energy. once we report on how china's fast growing a comedy is called an alarm in the u.s. it's fearful of its own financial center. and coming up in the business update all the latest market meetings and would also be all about the us no technology forum taking place here join us in about twenty minutes time. or welcome to you live from our headquarters here in central moscow this is our team with me and he said no way it's two pm here in the russian capital eight pm in tokyo now moscow has called the japanese reaction to president medvedev visit to russia's korea islands unacceptable earlier tokyo which claims four of the islands as its own described the trip as regrettable. you don't suppose because that

also around between moscow and told here president dmitry regret it was told to russia's far east real islands has eased as japan's ambassador returns to moscow than expected after he was recalled while japan lays claims to the islands russia says the ownership is beyond dispute and promises more investment in the remote region. for the democratic party with major defeats in elections and loss of control will be also representatives but some say it's big business rather than the american people which has the biggest say. on with the balance of power among u.s. lawmakers shifting toward the republicans after last week's elections will still close spittal about his guests if america american strategy in afghanistan could be affected. hungry for the full story we've got it fixed the biggest issues get a human voice ceased to face with the news makers. to take a. stand. alone and welcome the crosstalk i'm peter lavelle a new and invigorated republican party will soon make itself felt in washington how will this impact u.s. foreign policy in the ongoing war in afghanistan it could go either way oba

i'm buster kono the japanese ambassador here in russia has been recalled by tokyo this is due to the visit by president medvedev to the could ill islands in the far east now internationally they are regarded as belonging to russia however japan say de have a claim to them now this is interesting as it comes ahead of the apec summit which will be taking place next weekend a new yokohama in japan as it stands the most of the kremlin is saying that president medvedev will be going to yokohama however the japanese side of said that it remains unclear as of yet if planned bilateral talks between the japanese prime minister and the president of russia will go ahead the japanese story minister had this to say on the recall of the 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 that ambassador kono should return home temporarily so he can brief us on the background of the visit a cousin thing cause the chair of the heads of the state duma committee for international affairs here in r

tokyo which claims the four islands as its own so 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 they came under moscow's going to. role at the end of world war two now the region has rich 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 on a boy called reports. it's a leftover from the second world war old soviet tanks rusting on the shore with their barrels pointed towards your pan because the ship island together with three other pacific islands was thinking over it by the soviet union sixty five years ago but the tussle to define its national identity still goes on. this cross appeared here a few years ago soon after the russian orthodox church opened its parish on the island of c. katon to dicky to phoenix population the window on it is now in the midst of a baby it will. have the highest birth rates in the into a region where lot of young people of

ambassador returns to moscow than expected after he was recalled while japan lays claims to the islands russia says their ownership is beyond dispute and promises new investment in the remote. world sport with kate. hello welcome to the sports news thank you for joining me on to the head on this. one hand on the trophies and it's come from two goals down to win five to a superior and got nine points clear at the top of the russian premier league. while trouble at the top chelsea lose it liverpool also step up against newcastle match to city trial on a day of battles in english i really. simply the best francesco molinari wins the h.s.b.c. champions in shanghai after a string battle with well by one league westward. so i was always football as it is and petersburg came back from two goals down to win five to rock bottom sabir and extend their lead to nine points at the top of the russian premier league to be a stunning business just by taking two goal lead with in six minutes the bag even i think just two minutes. before punished we want to make sure the other second however is in reality and w

tokyo which claims the four islands as its own said the president's trip was regrettable and summoned russia's ambassador to japan where the islands lie in the pacific and are part of a larger russian held archipelago to the north of japan that came under moscow's control at the end of world war two and the region has rich fishing grounds and mineral deposits possible leave to hold vast oil and gas reserves are seizing on a boy has more on the territorial dispute. it's a leftover from the second world war old soviet tanks rusting on the shore but their barrels pointed towards your pan the coalition island together with three other pacific islands was thinking over it by the soviet union sixty five years ago but the tussle to define its national identity still goes on. this cross appeared here a few years ago soon after the russian orthodox church opened its parish on the island of she could turn to dickie to phoenix population window on and is now in the midst of a baby boom almost the season where they almost burst rate in the into region where looks of young people builds of servicemen this

russia's yes. marine resources and mineral resources the way with air that we find on the islands so i think too for russia to assert assert itself after years of abaddon many years of abandoning actually so populous in the curial islands years of bending its. decisive and determined foreign policy i think it is a very good gesture in the part of that mr medvedev and had no other choice given the the given commands a. persistent name not visiting the the islands i think there's a very into mr nick wise to pan pushing so hard for these ottomans. i think it's for me it's hard to second guess obviously all of japan's motives. but what i see is that you know after a string of very short lived governments cabinets in japan i think we've find here one that wants to. to play a strong hand in foreign policy given the dire economic straits in which japan finds itself along with the many other countries of the world but i think. just that kind of assertiveness on the part of japan is untimely because on the eve of the visit and there are other more pressing issues i think for japan to to deal with hakim now i

frequent arguments for hearing from the japanese side with regards to these islands is something along the lines that russia has such a large tear tree why does it need these poor little islands especially when it takes such a poor care of that and indeed some of it it's true because these tests out there in the real audience have beautiful nature they're very reach in by resources and some mineral resources but when you walk around these coastal villages you can tell getting depressed because the infrastructure is so poor for many many decades these islands have been essentially in the black to fire first they saw in the thirty's and later by russian authorities that many people living on this island do feel abandoned and present admit it made it clear that he's goal was to change things around and he's sad that russia does indeed period both people while living there his trast again this trip importance of these territories for russia he had a lot of opportunities to talk to the natives for example i see a visit in essence trucks inside for a new house as he even had a chance to sit down with some of the

sparks fly a stoker voices claims to russia's far eastern islands japan has recalled its ambassador to russia amid a diplomatic dispute following president medvedev visit to the far eastern russian territory of the caribbean islands. the democratic process is supposed to be a track on power instead what we're seeing is perforations hijacking that system in order to funnel more money so the u.s. votes in midterm elections with signs pointing to a republican victory but many americans fear the corporate agenda is eclipse and democracy. and celebrating human ambition the international space station marks a decade of ground 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 first off scandalous that's the way russia viewing the recall of the japanese ambassador from moscow over an escalating territorial dispute tokyo is protesting against president medvedev visit to russia southern karylle islands which japan claims as its own artie's peter all over is following the diplo

medvedev visit to the cadet islands he said that they could islands are internationally recognized as russian territory and as the president of russia president medvedev should be allowed to go and visit them up. this dispute has been going on for decades now one of the main factors at stake here is mostly about the island's rich natural resources or something else at play. well it's not just decades centuries we can go back and see that these islands have been disputed since the first explorers went there in the seventeenth century but the particular bilateral dispute that we're seeing at the moment between between japan and russia has its roots in one nine hundred forty five in the end of the second world war now the reason these islands have been same so important is they are very mineral rich they're also believed to have very very high. deposits of oil and gas so economically very important islands. all right peter all of our reporting live outside the russian foreign ministry thanks for that. they have kenya from russia's diplomatic academy says territorial claims of this kind by japan are part of a familiar pattern here. japa

five the end of the second world war japan says that the islands that before the second world war belong to japan should be returned to them russia says that they've now belong to them and if the internationally regarded as being part of the russian federation now the islands themselves a very rich in minerals as well as in gas and oil reserves so in economically they're incredibly important pawns in the chess piece. all right peter all of a reporting live outside the russian foreign ministry on this escalating diplomatic route thanks peter. these again you bash on the from russia's diplomatic academy says territorial claims of this kind by japan are part of us the mill your pattern . japan has similar problems not only with russia not only with china but also with south korea so with all its neighbors and if you look at zero policy on this issue i mean territorially sure for managed to set a low a border with china four thousand kilometers of it has been quite successful this settlement then with done the same with norway recently and with most other countries so it's japan who has quarrels with its neighbors with all its neighb

russia but the russian officials on this trip. that there are open for dialogue with regard. babies of the south in korea islands and they say that these deals stick to the terms of the nineteen fifty six to remember that it was a response to russia and to plan an agreement that included not what you just being a few of the audience back to japan but this is something that japan is not the ready to accept it wants to get all the islands back and this is something that russia thinks too much to ask. so they had few in the program setting the cross has . the chinese are being set up to be the next bogeyman and the only thing is interfering with that is that the muslims are in effect the bogeyman for right now . one of the emerging chinese economies being perceived as a threat by the debts for the u.s. . it's an obscure metal but it could end our dependence on fossil fuels and reinvent the world's energy potential named off the god of thunder many scientists believe thore and is the best alternative to you for producing nuclear power. it explores why the battle has still to gain a foothold in the market despite its

two issues one is a territorial claim to russia and the other is to get rid of american military bases on japanese turn tree under international law the real island unequivocally belong to russia but due to geographic and economic reasons its residents of palm of get to japan than to the mainland. and while russia may be in their hearts japan is still vying for their minds and it could you mortar is teaching japanese at a she could turn school his soaries paid by the japanese government. is a very popular when it comes to the school the children are already waiting for him and those people who i see there are many people who came here last year i'm happy here sometimes it seems to me that i was my family again and here class seventh graders study alongside their parents who hope to get a job in japan life at the career may have a brew of the recent years but not quite so to stop eyeing the horizon based on the real audience have beautiful nature of their very reach in by restore some mineral resources but when you walk over all these coastal villages you come out getting depressed because the infrastructure is so poor for many many decades now be

issues one is a territorial claim to russia and the other is to get rid of american military bases on japanese turned three under international law the grill island unequivocally belongs to russia but due to geographic and economic reasons its residents of palm of get to japan than to the mainland. and while russia may be in their hearts japan is still vying for their minds at it could you more to is teaching japanese at a she could turn school his salaries paid by the japanese government. is a very popular when you come to the school the children are already waiting for me demand those people who i see there are many people who came here last year i'm happy here sometimes it seems to me there was my family again and here class seventh graders study alongside their parents who hope to get a job in japan life of the crew may have a bruised in recent years but the quiet saw to stop buying the horizon. now we have already heard your reaction coming out of tokyo the guys to the latest visit by to make sure maybe better. to pet japanese foreign minister already sad that this trip was highly regrettable and that it really hurt japanese public sentiment

under international law the grill island unequivocally belongs to russia but due to geographic and economic reasons its residents of palm of frequent guests to japan than to the mainland. and while russia may be in their heart japan is still vying for their minds and it could you mortar is teaching japanese at a she could turn school his soaries played by the japanese government. class is a very popular when it comes to the school the children are already waiting for me demand those people who i see there are many people who came here last year i'm happy here sometimes it seems to me there was my family again and here class seventh graders study alongside their parents who hope to get a job in japan life at the career law lands may have a brew have been recent years but not quite so sure to stop buying the horizon retributive it or first force these intention to visit to stop in korea was about a month ago but it got time bad weather prevented him from flying me and now it looks like the wind and the rain are going to delay see him flying out of but that's a trifle compared to the fact that

headlines japan recalls its embassador from moscow a day after president dmitry medvedev visits russia's greil islands it's tokyo claims as it so. as the u.s. gears up for the midterm election some are more concerned about the corporate backing of candidates and what that means for democracy. and the international space station marks ten years of being a manned mission as experts strive for the scientific leaves needed to justify its in its costs. now of course midterm elections how they got in the u.s. are two sits down now with a four time presidential candidate who doesn't belong to any of the two parties ruling congress ralph nader talks about the real powers that govern america and ways to achieve real change that's next here on r.t. . elections are usually an exciting time for the american people however with the two party system dominating the political establishment here in washington some ask whether there are higher powers that stake and how much influence they wield over the city now someone is no stranger to this topic is ralph nader he was a presidential hopeful under the independent and

observers say that president medvedev's planned visit to the islands is a move to confirm russia's policy that all the islands are its territory. it is also to keep in check japan's position. >>> conductor seiji ozawa has become the first japanese to be named an honorary member of the vienna philharmonic orchestra. ozawa, who underwent surgery for cancer of the esophagus, resumed musical activity in september. the honorary membership was awarded on tuesday at a concert hall in tokyo. orchestra president clemens hellsberg says the title is not just a show of honor or appreciation, but it also reflects the orchestra's love for the maestro. hellsberg expressed hope that the honor will strengthen ozawa as he recovers. >> happiest thing last, what, eight years i learned is that i was with you and i learned from you. i really like you very much and i -- until i die, i like to be with you as a friend. thank you very much. thank you. ♪ >> ozawa has conducted a number of major performances by the orchestra since 1966. he joins leonard bernstein, richard straugs, and other renowned conductors as an

archipelago outraged tokyo's angered by president visits to russia's coral islands which japan. moscow says it will keep investing and its remote. a well known investigative journalist as brutally beaten in the center of moscow police say professional to that he was most likely the cause. and right now it's time for a sports update where you know he will go away. thanks for joining us this is indeed sports today i mean you don't normally go on the you are headline. wrong it was not a vent full sovereignty for the strugglers in the russian premier league find out he's leaving a little easier in just a moment. as you were francesco molinari is still the man to catch up the big money the chest b.c. champions world number one leave west goodlife just a stroke but find the italian. trying hard on the last of season a brigade gets underway but it's the same old story for england as they feel the power of world cup favorites you see. i'm carl had almost forgotten what a win was in the russian premier league side from perm having failed to do so since mid september. relief then the team

archipelago outrage tokyo's anger by president bid various visits to russia's coral islands which japan claims as its own moscow says it will keep investing and its remote region. and a well known investigative journalist was brutally beaten in the center of moscow police say his professional integrity was most likely the cause. and coming up next r.t. so sure now as he discusses the future of movie industry and the specific taste of the viewers in russia was ahead of the disney company for russia and the c.i.s. . 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 to the russian my kids and since then the whole movie industry in russia picked up and now russian box office is one of the leading in the world for a lot of dissimilarities so i think with a lot of comfort i can say that. this is the really important and very fast growing market in r

russia's far east. the trip to the islands comes on the heels of madrid a visit to vietnam and a summit of southeast asian countries and her noisy multibillion dollar deals were signed and russia agreed to build the country's first nuclear power plant dmitri 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 the already well established ties with the former soviet our. 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 raid was led by the afghan interior ministry r t z company reports that for some moscow's part of the u.s. led mission came as a complete shock. poured this

go outraged tokyo's angered by president visits to russia's coral islands which japan claims as its own moscow says it will keep investing in its remote region. and the international space station is celebrating ten years of human life in orbit the longest stretch ever and outside the earth's atmosphere our team mates a citizens. this is already coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program now this week has seen a new scandal flaring out between russia and georgia as tbilisi said thirteen people were caught spying for moscow russia claimed the whole story is a political farce and deliberate provocation by the georgian authorities ahead of a nato summit and as our reports from tbilisi the opposition is considering the swap to be another attack on the government's opponents. for alina this spy scandal was a horrible deja vu her own husband. was thrown into prison for allegedly spying for russia during the two thousand and eight conflict between georgia and south the city or. they said some three thousand three hundred pages of data which my husband supposedly so

tokyo added moscow have been in a rather tense mood because of the issue of the karylle islands the president of russia had a visit to these islands earlier this month that he's a first cousin actually to set foot on those islands and egypt pal is laying claim to them but russia has ownership say that their ownership is disputed and here is what foreign minister sergei lavrov had to say about that meeting. as decrees dry minutes sunil it's a con once again expressed regret over president medvedev sousa to can assure islands president drift. our vision of the situation the president decided seems self region to visit this is our territory and things will stay this way the president all foods to change their approach to the issue of the peace treaty and to prioritize the economy instead well there will be more bilateral talks happening to more the second day of the summit and the one that we are looking forward to is the one between russian president medvedev and us president barack obama will have to wait and see if something was come out of that. reporting there well this is r.t. and there are many mor

party's top stories president dmitry medvedev visit to russia's creole islands how far. i used to pound clinton territory as its own came under moscow's control at the end of the second world war and are believed to have vast oil and gas reserves . as u.s. troops leave iraq local forces are struggling to contain surging violence on sunday fifty two people died when militants seized a charged in baghdad mending the release of al qaeda prisoners in iraq and the internet. can science is propose a new source of green nuclear energy which could end the world's dependence on fossil fuels but not everyone is convinced story actually is the fuel of the future . more news coming up in fifteen minutes time up next it's sports with andrew from . that thanks for watching the sporting this is what is coming up. we're not there yet is any details his place to stay calm as they march towards the league title. plus the end of an era tiger woods misses world number one status to england's lead westwood. i'm within reach the san francisco giants age close it's a baseball world series type

president dmitri medvedev visit to russia's karylle islands has sparked outcry in japan which claims the territory as its own the islands came under moscow's control at the end of the second world war and are believed to have vast oil and gas reserves. as u.s. troops leave iraq the local forces are struggling to contain surging violence on sunday fifty two people died when militants seized a church in baghdad demanding the release of all qaeda prisoners in iraq and egypt . and the scientists propose a new source of green nuclear energy which could end the world's dependence on fossil fuels but not everyone is convinced for you actually is the fuel of the future. well up next all the sports highlights with kate. hello welcome to the sports news and here are the top stories. second best tiger woods says he's not surprised to lose his number one ranking to the westward. while iron man quarterback brett farve needed eight stitches after this hit a week after breaking his foot to play next sunday. painting the woods russia's professional football champions aim to spread the biggest splash