medvedev visited russky island in vladvostok. he discussed the development of the area with local officials. russian is building infrastructure and energy resources in the far east as a gateway to markets in the asia-pacific region. attention is focused on whether the tour will include four russian-held islands in northern japan. after visiting sakalin, medvedev is considering a visit to one of those islands of etorofu. soviet troops seized the island soon after japan surrendered during world war i. i japan has been calling for their return. medvedev visited another of the disputed islands of kunishiri in november 2010 when he was president. he was the first russian leader to do so. the visit strained ties between the country and japan to one of the worst levels since the cold war. >>> mexicans are giving their former ruling party a second chance. the candidate for pri is declaring victory in the country's presidential election. the pri controlled mexico from 1929 to 2000. election officials say enrique pininieto of the pri has w

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for more on medvedev's visit to the island. >> prime minister medvedev maintained the main purpose of his visit was to observe the progress of infrastructure project. but observers say he is also came to display his political inference over the far middest east to vladimir putin. the decision to go ahead despite protest from japan signal a strong resolve on the part of russia to continue developing the country as it's own. the impact of the visit on the diplomatic tie between tokyo and moscow is unavoidable. it's going to be a major issue in the next line of talk between president vladimir putin and prime minister noda. over the past few months, putin has showed that he is ready to solve the dispute. the contrast with the action of prime minister medvedev could be a way of testing japan's willingness to make a compromise. >> all right, nhk moscow bureau >>> british bank chief executive stepped down amid an interest rate rigging scandal. he said he was stepping down because of a level that risked damaging the franchise. he stepped down one day after marcus announced his resignation. re

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. >>> prime minister demetri medvedev says russians won't give in in a territorial dispute with japan. he made the comment over one of the islands claimed also by japan. medvedev made his second visit in two years. >> translator: russia will not concede one inch of the small lands. even a small concession could lead to the division of a nation. >> russian foreign minister says he'll hold talks with his counterpart in the near future. officials with the japanese foreign ministry complained about the visit. they told afanisev they are part of japanese territory. and they said the trip was unacceptable. >> translator: the latest visit runs counter to japan's stance on the issue. it also spoils efforts in bilateral relations. >> prime minister noda agreed last month. they would relaunch negotiations over the islands. japanese government officials say they'll demand that russian leaders stop visiting the islands. >>> afghan president hamid karsai has put a price on the financial help he says his country needs. he made the appeal just days before international donors will gather in tokyo to

resolv declared islands off ho at a meeting of the ruling united russia party on wednesday, dmitry medvedev said the islands are an extremely promised residents the government will build sports and health facilities on two of the nd i returned after the peacejapan launch masaharu kono called it very regrettable, sayin>>> south public lined up against it. koreans aren't afraid to take to the streets to let their leaders know how they feel this time they are a opposition rallying against a ct. n test fired the missileal they claim was a satellite carrying rocket. but many south koreans aren't happy with it. they say the president's administration e administration is it is rushing its signing by hiding it from the public. we >> repor mihan an the most a top lee' president's personnel shuffdract handled. already the nized hear the words japanese military. korea/japan relations aside this issue is also getting attention becausepaner. >> transla south korea will be in debate this military pact in the and stressed the. japan on the a plan with media often depict the unid stat as an songs. state-ru

medvedev on tuesday visited kunashiri island off hokkaido. japan claims sovereignty over the territory, along with three neighboring islands. the russian leader told journalists he's indifferent to japan's reaction. he said he doesn't want to waste time answering questions on the matter, and as if to make sure the issue remains a bilateral irritant, he even suggested more russian reporters should cover his next trip. >>> more and more readers are -- or more and more readers have a glow on their faces when they start in on a book. they are using smartphones and tablet computers to read the latest business tech's crime thriller or novel. publishers around the world are reshaping the market for electronic book readers and newcomers in japan are also fighting for their share. >> reporter: once upon a time, only the most tech savvy readers read books electronically. now publishers, distributors, a cast of characters from 50 countries have gathered in tokyo for the ebook expo. one of the largest trade shows of its kind. >> this is the first time we

the changes which were put forward last year by then president dmitri medvedev see two small cities and three municipal districts coming inside the city limits seeing moscow grow almost two and a half times covering an area roughly the size of a quarter of a million football pitches but the idea here is that these new sites will take some of the strain of moscow's jump city center their plans to make them attractive to foreign investment also some elements of russia's federal government will see their headquarters relocating to new buildings away from downtown there's even the possibility of building a new financial hub in the southwest of the city and those involved in that project will be hoping it can benefit from its out of center location and even compete with moscow city when it comes to attracting business but what is astonishing about the boundary changes is that as much as this is moscow now so is here as well listen p. village seems a far cry from the gridlocked traffic and skyscrapers of the city center but things are set to change here not only in terms of construction proje

in vietnam and in china before that and then also you know he had a meeting with prime minister medvedev and in that meeting just to prove that the good relations mention that he really enjoyed russian winters and medvedev took that opportunity to extend an invitation to raul castro to the sochi olympics in two thousand and fourteen so this is not the last that we will see of the cuban leader here in russia. correspondent sean thomas right there all of our news and much more always available for you online just log on to our website r t dot com let's see some of the stories are standing by for you there at the moment for example religious activists are calling for facebook to be banned in russia but all of this over the site same sex marriage status icons depicting two brides and two grooms. also learn how a new american law could give legal immunity to a biotech companies involved in planting cultivating genetically modified crops. now the rescue operation in russia is southern cross in the region wrecked by massive floods last friday has now come to an end the exact death toll is still

in vietnam and in china before that and then also you know he had a meeting with prime minister medvedev and in that meeting just to prove that the good relations mentioned that he really enjoyed russian winters and medvedev took that opportunity to extend an invitation to raul castro to the sochi olympics in two thousand and fourteen so this is not the last that we will see of the cuban leader here in russia. thomas write that all owned by news much more available for you online just log on to our website on t.v. dot com let's have a look at some of the items on sunday by a few there right now for example wiki when the russian version of the online encyclopedia shuts down for a day in protest at a russian bill in the parliament which opponents say limits internet freedom of course in the government to add changes to it and also learn how a new american law could give legal immunity to biotech companies involved in planting gold cultivating genetically modified crops. download the official anti up location to your phone only pod touch from the. lights on the go. video on demand on t.v.'s

in vietnam and in china before that and then also you know he had a meeting with prime minister medvedev and in that meeting just to prove that the good relations mentioned that he really enjoyed russian winters and medvedev took that opportunity to extend an invitation to raul castro to the sochi olympics in two thousand and fourteen so this is not the last that we will see of the cuban leader here in russia. correspondent sean thomas right there with all of our news and much more available for you always online at the top come let's check out some of the stories standing by right now some religious activists according to facebook to be banned in russia over the sites same sex marriage as depicting two brides and two grooms. also learn how a new american law could give legal immunity to biotech companies involved in planting cultivating genetically modified crops. the rescue operation and russia's southern cross that all reach indirect by massive floods. last friday has come to an end and the exact death toll is still unclear but at least one hundred sixty two people lost their lives in

in vietnam and in china before that and then also you know he had a meeting with prime minister medvedev and in that meeting just to prove that the good relations mention that he really enjoyed russian winters and medvedev took that opportunity to extend an invitation to raul castro to the sochi olympics in two thousand and fourteen so this is not the last that we will see of the cuban leader here in russia more than a visit online if you want to see how we covering it out on these stories too religious activists calling for facebook to be fathomed russian over the site same sex marriage they desire to brides and grooms some people got problems with that find out why you. also learn how a new american law could give legal immunity to biotech companies involved in planting or cultivating genetically modified crops. a controversial child protection bills been approved by russia's state duma but with claims whoever it could actually had an internet freedom those back in the states needed to shield youngsters from web content but. didn't it online censorship that it talk about here that as c

in vietnam and in china before that and then also you know he had a meeting with prime minister medvedev and in that meeting just to prove that the good relations mentioned that he really enjoyed russian winters and medvedev took that opportunity to extend an invitation to raul castro to the sochi olympics in two thousand and fourteen so this is not the last that we will see of the cuban leader here in russia. john thomas reporting there in all of our news and much more available few online as well on our website r.t. dot com check out a few stories that you might be interested in tonight shall we religious activists are calling for facebook to be banned there is russia over the site same sex marriage status icons defecting to brighton to prove it is not going down well find out why online also how a new american law could give legal immunity to biotech companies involved in planting or cultivating genetically modified crops just two stories. thousands of people have been protesting on the streets of saudi arabia after two people were killed during the latest clashes with security forces

prime minister medvedev says they should prioritize the islands among its issues related to the far east. observers say russian officials announced the plan right after the prime minister's trip to make clear their intention to develop the islands despite japan's claim. >>> the philippine government has protested china's move to place disputed islands in the south china sea under the jurisdiction of a newly created city. the chinese government announced in late june that it had integrated its administration districts of three island groups into the new city. this includes macclesfield back and spratley island. they're also claimed by the philippines and other asian nations. the filipino foreign ministry condemned the move. they said it dominated their sovereignty over the island. tennings between the two nations are mounting fueled by a recent incident. patrol ships from both countries were locked in a standoff near a disputed shore for two months. china and vietnam are also at odds over the sovereignty of the disputed island groups. >>> vietnamese officials are looking toward other emer

percent record at these games with two wins from two incidentally the russian prime minister dmitri medvedev kissing every member of the house after their victory over great britain russia's men know in the artistic you now six didn't do you say well they didn't pick up a medal in the team final however the women do have a chance to shine in that event on tuesday with more is richard. was. on monday wasn't the best of afternoons for russia's male gymnasts but failed to get on the podium in the team event however on choose the attention turns to russia's women's gymnastics team as well try and fight it out for a medal weber's a lot of expectations on them and rightly so they managed to qualify in second place for the team final which will take place on the tuesday after a couple of names which are well worth looking out for including victoria. she managed to finish in first place overall for him because the cation period also. watches russia's team leader and best gymnasts for countries produce. perhaps in years bo it has been difficult for the afa no she's just come back from a very serious

. >> putin, medvedev, the finance ministry, the whole kremlin party united russia, they are the realgents. they are selling out our country, and its wealth. >> without doubt, it is and absurd law, ridiculous. it is like being back in a stall in -- stalin's era. >> a majority of duma the beedis approved the legislation on first reading. human rights fear for their future. under the new law, all ngo's receiving international funding have to register as a foreign agent. their accounts and financial sources must be checked regularly by state auditors or the face drastic fines. the kremlin argues the label is necessary. >> there are groups in russia that are politically active and are supported by foreigners. they present the results of their work as the opinion of the russian civil society, and that is ot right. >> the legislation comes after president putin lashed out at opposition activists during his election campaign, accusing them of being financed by the u.s. grain imam, some intense summer storms causing chaos in germany -- in a moment. >> first, some of the other stories making n

now it is interviews up next and our business presenter dmitry medvedev go interviews daniel yergin a pulitzer prize winning author and economic researcher on iran's ability to export oil and how we will be affected by impending sanctions. on the first of july europe will seize importing oil from iran and new u.s. sanctions will also come into place now to talk about how this will affect the energy market i'm now joined by daniel yergin he is the chairman of i.h.s. cera also author of the quest and pulitzer prize going to daniel it's a big pleasure to have you on the thank you so right now what we're seeing on the energy market is a downward trend although over the years of the economic turmoil two thousand and eight two thousand and nine and the following years we have seen oil prices pretty high what do you make of the downward trend today it's quite remarkable because just three months ago all was almost one hundred thirty dollars a barrel and people said it was going to go to one hundred fifty and now it's been on this downward trend that has in a sense taken people by surprise an

in vietnam and in china before that and then also you know he had a meeting with prime minister medvedev and in that meeting just to prove that the good relations mentioned that he really enjoyed russian winters and took that opportunity to extend an invitation to raul castro to the sochi olympics in two thousand and fourteen so this is not the last that we will see of the cuban leader here in russia all right. thank you. now emergency workers have ended rescue efforts in russia's southern cross in the region which was ravaged by heavy floods last friday during all of that one hundred and seventy people were killed some thirty thousand have lost their homes in the disaster and rebuilding of the affected towns is now the main priority but first emergency workers need to first drain the water still lying in the low areas they warn the devastated region now facing danger from landslides they're urging people to be careful authorities are set up shelters and hospitals while aid is pouring in from all across the country are people sending basic necessities while volunteer workers travel to th

relationship between the two countries is going strong and they marry a more intimate prime minister medvedev in moscow and president putin in sochi a hundred miles away this is all teams that were on a course of outlaws the deals they've done. mario monti reaffirmed his commitment to maintain that a friendly relationship that we've seen. in previous years now in terms of the that's what everyone wants to hear in particular. to russia to be two hundred seventy million euros and that's to renovate moscow's sports infrastructure also known as snicko and it's a lease tekken are going to renovate a soulful part that's located in russia far north we have a deal that has to do with it's a lease and of course a rolls there and basically they've ironed out all the financial details on their deal to develop to oil reserves in the black and barren seas and also we already have analysts estimated that investments into those two shelves will exceed that won a billion dollars well i know the deal with the one billion euros this time around is an investment and so russia is in more places and this is why i

will promise to dmitri medvedev shares his opinion of pussy riot in an interview with the u.k. the times newspaper and you can find it on all don't come of the moment plus discover nature's intervention in libya last year is impacting russia's stance on the crisis in syria as well as madrid its thoughts on the libby games and how sort she can prepare for twenty four people laughed in his interview with the times plus . empty seats in the. as members of the so-called a lympics family feeling the heat with organizers pulling security troops inside to fill the void to find out more online at r.t. dot com. in two thousand and eight barack obama made a promise that if he was elected president he would make the u.s. government more transparent it's now twenty twelve and he's prosecuted a record number of whistleblowers spending billions of dollars in the process that is going to report. keeping government secrets is expensive business according to america's information security office last year the us spent around thirteen billion dollars on classifications that's twice as much as it

russia with his first official visit he's meeting president vladimir putin and prime minister dmitry medvedev to discuss business projects with a focus on the energy sector and let's not check out the equity markets to see what's going on there and first we go to europe where it's pretty much a sea of red across the board as you can see the dax at the moment is losing more than one and that's three quarters of the sound that the footsie is roughly the same and basically the banking sector is really pushing the the foot sea down and onto the currencies and the negative sentiment on the european markets and all the bad news that we're seeing coming from europe really pushing the euro down against the u.s. dollar in fact it's trading near a two year low and the euro is also added an eleven year low against the japanese yen at the moment the russian ruble is shedding value against both the euro and the dollar and moving on to the russian equity markets the russian markets are also sharply down in fact the r.t.s. is moving almost four percent really major losses going on there and of course invest

russia with this first official visit he's meeting president vladimir putin and prime minister dmitry medvedev to discuss business projects with the focus of the energy sector let's cross live to business parties might of course remember the details why that's a busy day some deals have already been signed phillis sent. all the talk shows is that mario monti has actually already reaffirmed his commitment to maintain the warm relationship that. the established previously years and of course you mentioned deals that have been lost song i'd already would know about it so these banks would lead to a hundred and seventy million euros that's to russia and that's to run the bait moskos or superstructure we also know that when it comes to north pole and it's at least taking the will also work on developing a soulful plan to run the day to that and that's in russia's foreign north when it comes to its release and the embroils enough to have are all the financial details to about the deal and oil reserves and that's in the black and barren sea and now with bond they have confirmation about an investment

medvedev will be here leading the russian delegation. really, we're going to have a stream of official limousines arriving at buckingham palace for a cocktail reception that will be hosted by the queen and the duke of edinburgh and we understand the duke and duchess of cornwall, charles and camilla, and also william and kate, and prince harry, the three younger royals, of course, are official ambassadors for team g.b., and they'll be attending a lot of the game's events. you can imagine there's an awful lot of diplomatic dancing to be done around, as you have some very interesting combinations of leaders. we'll be interested to see whether the south koreans and the north koreans are both represented here. i think the north korean sports minister might be arriving. and another interesting fact will be what happens after this opening reception when we've heard a short speech from the queen. the leaders, of course, want to get the opening ceremony. they need to cross from here in central london to the east, to stratford, to the opening cere

well i mean time prime minister dmitri medvedev he has his opinion of pussy riot he talks about them in an interview with the u.k. the times newspaper you can find out all about the daughter. plus discover how intervention in libya last year is impacting russia's stance on the crisis in syria as well as many of the old song delivery games and how sochi can prepare for twenty fourteen. plus masses amounts of empty seats in london it's members of the so-called lympics family feeling the heat with organizers going to great lengths even pulling children out of schools to feel them. boy find out more about some top couple. if they shoot something inappropriate for public they can easily be shown to accept casualties of war ok. i wish he would have never happened but it has. been a born a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary what destroys their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave. and it's clear what happens with such witnesses i got it on my site. many checks. hirsch's shooting on our t.v. . he. made a promise that if he was elected president h

bank which is and the countries to hike the rates by the end of the year prime minister dmitry medvedev is meeting farmers today to discuss a. trial that's now moved to the markets and we've seen a bit of a blizzard actually coming in the stock markets at least the euro continues to strengthen versus the dollar this hour whereas the ruble is pretty much unchanged since when we last looked at it last hour and mixed against the basket of currencies right over on the russian market things are getting pretty gruesome with the myself now falling one point seven percent the r.t.s. one point six percent it's not only a selloff but also comments made by the german the finance ministers reported to say that it's reluctant to provide a banking license to the european stability mechanism services and we need not really welcoming this kind of attitude let's take a look at what's happening in the united states where consumer spending has declined in the past month and therefore we're seeing a bit of a chill on the dow jones but wages on the other hand have increased on the nasdaq facebook is droppin

in vietnam and in china before that and then also you know he had a meeting with prime minister medvedev and in that meeting just to prove that the good relations mentioned that he really enjoyed russian winters and took that opportunity to extend an invitation to raul castro to the sochi olympics in two thousand and fourteen so this is not the last that we will see of the cuban leader here in russia. about our top story for you here on c it's all about madrid where police have been using rubber bullets against miners and demonstrators in the latest huge protest against austerity cuts i want you correspondent join us live to bring us more details on this certainly a developing situation the protest has turned violent police using rubber bullets as we've heard so what's it all been happening for what's this in response to. well you know the escalating violence today it's a continuation of what we've already seen in the past few weeks there are already been pockets of protests around spain on reports that the government is planning again to cut even more subsidies to different industries i

nato intervention in libya last year is impacting russia's stance on the crisis in syria as well as medvedev thoughts on the olympic games and how sochi can prepare for two thousand and fourteen. plus empty seats in london as members of the so-called lympics. feeling the heat and the great laying. out of schools to fill the void. if they shoot something inappropriate from the public they can easily be. casualties of war ok. i wish he would have never happened but it has. been a war a t.v. camera becomes unnecessary would destroy their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave. and it's clear for thousands with such witnesses we got it right. first shooting on our. thank you for joining us here today in two thousand and eight i made a promise that if he was elected president he would make the u.s. government more transparent it's not two thousand and twelve and he's prosecuted a record number of spending on the process. as the story. well with keeping government secrets is expensive business according to america's information security office last year

we see today the country's attempt to hike rates by the end of the year and prime minister dmitry medvedev is meeting families today to discuss. take a look at the markets and now we start with currencies the where the euro is gaining value versus the dollar while the russian ruble is pretty much unchanged against the basket but losing value against the euro and gaining against the dollar has been much in line with the global trend in a rush only my six nailed yes so we are seeing the first loss in five days so this is profit taking office and have gains so we are just at my six now down within one percent now in europe we've had a vachss of financial data coming out and that's notably profit reports from u.b.s. which is now declining more than four percent after it's never off it went down almost two fold in the first half and also has lost ninety six percent of its profits up to writing down five billion dollars in assets including u.s. shale deposits now unemployment in italy has hit a record ten point eight percent bringing the total number of out of work people jobless two point eight