developing the oil fields in its far east region, russia has arrived as a full-fledged member of the asia-pacific region. yusuke kamamura, nhk world. >> nhk world's hideo joins us now. he's the moscow bureau chief. so, russia seems to be trying to forge stronger links to asia by using its abundance of oil and gas. what does russia hope to gain by rapidly shifting its energy strategy from west to east? >> diversification of the energy market is very important to russia. 90% of its energy export so far have been going to europe. but europe has a debt crisis. european countries are seeking cheaper energy from other sources. so the russian government has a new plan to target asia. it's an attractive and growing market. by 2020, russia wants to increase its share of export of crude oil to asia by three times. >> is russia trying to exert more influence by using its energy oil and gas and by becoming -- sorry, becoming more stable supplier of energy? >> i believe the country wants to use its energy leaders to boost its regional influence. russia has had little to bargain with until now. its influence w

extremely integrated it's really impossible to isolate them at this point and in regards to the asia pacific you may call the china club but frankly it's the asia club because all these countries have companies that have such enormous investments in each other's countries that this is usually the you say you are an asian go but there are countries in the western hemisphere that are and also you're saying they're not going to play much a role absolutely this is why i'm saying that the world is very integrated to try to isolate them and say well is it's just the asia pacific region or the european region or the americas it's really not quite fair because china has joined this small group of nations that has interest throughout the world and therefore it is like the united states in that way where it cannot say that they can ignore

extremely integrated it's really impossible to isolate them at this point and in regards to the asia pacific you may call the china club but frankly it's the asia club because all these countries have companies that have such enormous investments in each other's countries that they. usually. go but there are countries in the western hemisphere that also but you're saying they're not going to play much role absolutely this is why i'm saying that though the world is very integrated to try to isolate them and say well is it's just the asia pacific region or the european region or the americas it's really not quite fair because china has joined this small group of nations that has interests throughout the world and therefore. it is like the united states in that way where it cannot say that they can ignore other parts of the world well i mean i'm ignoring you but i would really point out something to bill i mean russia is looking more to the east now because of the problems in the european union. i think the importance of this apec meeting is that it's it's the debut of russia's president which

of these disputes in particular the one that's going on in the pacific right now well i'd like to begin by locating it within a series of territorial disputes in the asia pacific seeds this means we're not just talking about it china japan dispute we're also talking about a japan korea dispute over duck though we're talking about japan ongoing dispute with russia over the northern islands as the japanese call them we're talking about disputes in the south china seas between china vietnam the philippines and others so something is going on very large and significant around territorial issues in in the asia pacific and i'm going to come back to talk about why this is and why now but secondly we're talking about the. the rise of nationalism as a response to these issues nationalism that's driven by competing territorial claims yes but is also driven by historical memory issues centering on war and colonialism this is why the issues are so fraught in both trying to argue i could jump in here and i said earlier if i could have brian a piece and i go to brian it sounds like china has a lot of problems with its neighbors if we just going to consider what mark

and others so something is going on very large and significant around territorial issues in in the asia pacific and i'm going to come back to talk about why this is and why now but secondly we're talking about the. the rise of nationalism as a response to these issues nationalism that's driven by competing territorial claims yes but is also driven by historical memory issues centering on war and colonialism this is why the issues are so fraught in both china and colombia i could jump in here and i just really if i go to brian will piece and when i go to brian it sounds like china has a lot of problems with its neighbors if we just going to consider what mark just said go ahead. well yes china has problems with its neighbors it also has problems with the united states which just went to japan and to announce the creation of a second missile defense shield that china interprets to be a threat to china as it should interpret it i think what we see here in this case with these islands is that the japanese government the federal government under pressure from right wing nationalists in tokyo and els

you're watching r t here's a look at the top stories looking east asia pacific nations hope to jumpstart global economic growth of apac summit in russia with developing giants russia and china of building a closer bond. yuri over crippling caught spreads from athens to the country's second largest city as thousands of people including homes are to protest against a fresh sturdy package. canada cuts diplomatic ties with iran over its nuclear program and support for the syrian regime and unexpected move seen as part of the u.s. led campaign to increase to iran's isolation. this was top stories here on our t.v. and the next algren off and go player a speaker at the apec summit discuss russia's role in the asia pacific region spotlight is next. hello again or welcome to spotlight the interview show on our t.v. i'm andrew robb and today my guest is michael clear one of the key speakers at the apec summit expert on energy and world security but first here's a seasonal course for. what's the capital of russia right now and i'm sure most of you got that question to trash and city just call the n

discussing russia's role in the asia pacific region. i. was. hello again the welcome to spotlight the interview show on our t.v. i'm andrew robb and today my guest is michael clear one of the key speakers at the apec summit expert on energy and world security but first here's a seasonal quiz for. what's the capital of russia right now and i'm sure most of you got that question to trash and city just call the northern cap some might know that it's st petersburg russia's gateway to your final question what city today claims it's the eastern cap the far far east you'll know the answer just minutes into this show. moscow and st petersburg i haven't a break these days as all the attention has been on the part of russia most remote from the capital the four recency to avoid evil stalkers hosting the summit of the asia pacific economic cooperation apac russia joined the forum fourteen years ago and they see it to a with a rotating chair for the first time it's also first time russia is at the event as a w t o member which means a new level of involveme

. >>> leaders from across the asia pacific region say they see putting up more walls between them. they are expected to agree to refrain from further protectionism until the end of 2015. their ministers have agreed to cut tariffs on solar panels and 53 other green products. the leaders of countries in the asia-pacific economic cooperation forum will meet over the weekend in vladivostok, russia. they are expected to approve initiatives toward integrating the region's economies. they'll focus on liberalizing trade and investment. the leaders are expected to agree not to restrict food exports. extreme weather has affected crops worldwide, and that's driving up prices. they'll promote agricultural investments in an effort to improve productivity. the leaders are expected to examine regional supply chains, too. the earthquake and tsunami last year in northern japan and flooding in thailand disrupted production in a number of industries. apec leaders are expected to include all of these efforts in a joint declaration at the end of their meetings on sunday. >>> 60 people including syrians

address and he was addressing the asia pacific summit in russia's far eastern city. a stark on the points that russian president made was that the asia pacific countries can find solutions to the global crisis put it also said that russia is aiming to expand economic influence in the region and called for the liberation of economy and an end to protectionism now we can actually go back to the apec summit and listen and more what's happening there. people of it was possible but even if we compare this region eastern part of russia or other parts of the pacific region of the infrastructure is a less developed. industry is underdeveloped as well but the question is. to you as a president of russia what do you think. what measures could be taken to develop in the future so. so that when russia has the right to host this summit once again on the territory of russia and it will happen earlier than in ten or fifteen years. what would you do so you go with the russian businessmen could see when they visit us again that trash is the most advanced country with the most develope

in the asia pacific zone one of the biggest competitors to china that has been rising is really vietnam and both on a trade basis and sort of on a geo political strategic basis they this is a rivalry that china's focus on obviously vietnam is a much smaller country and a smaller economy but it's really taking the place of you know some of the cheap labor and low cost producer side and so the the more sort of this trade opens up. the more it could actually sort of help china in to some extent maybe at the expense at the expense of vietnam which has been taking market share away from china global is there an element where beijing doesn't want to be threatened by any other partners or anybody else in the region and really wants to retain dominance there. yeah absolutely absolutely and you know traditionally that rivalry has been most prominent with japan but you know quite frankly china has been waiting that war slowly but surely to the extent where you know we're looking at you know even on the on the economic front in my business i'm in the

now to twenty two minutes past ten in the evening here in moscow but we're still focusing on the asia pacific economic cooperation summit of course that's the. story of the week and the basically aside from investments into the asia pacific region top executives there also discuss the huge debt crisis as well as the year of all business artsy caught up with nettles dawns on the exit of boss guy and we asked him what he thinks of the town in order to save the euro. euro to have completely. out of the real balance of trade to real. europe. and. on the level of power to. create opportunity. for the christ. we are less concerned with international stock markets wall street is the only one trader right now and there things are still pretty much in negative territory as you can see both the dow and the nasdaq shedding just the knowledge there this comes after a report came out showing that jobs growth slowed down sharply for the month of august but some say this may encourage the federal reserve to activate another round of monetary stimulus measures that's of course what investors want to hear if

the u.s. can exert its influence on its european allies in asia and japan specifically so we're seeing a lot of that we'll bring you more on the ongoing asia pacific economic cooperation summit in the five us talk in our business update later this hour. two bomb blasts have rocked the syrian capital damascus one of the explosions was between the justice and information ministry because no casualties but damaged vehicles the other blast is believed to killed at least five policemen after it went off across the street from a mosque and damage a nearby clinic the news comes amid reports that u.s. agents are going to turkey's border with syria to advise and assist forces in their fight meanwhile france says it's considering supplying heavy artillery to the rebels in order to help them build a provisional government president of the arab lawyers association says the west is preventing the syrian people from changing situation. i think the western powers have gone where you beyond what was acceptable even and the questionable matter of trying to interfere in internal affairs of countries under the pretext of human rights protection of civilians civilian

their goal is to make it the gateway to the asia-pacific region. >> so president putin has shifted the focus to asia-pacific region, and is trying to secure the footing in this region. what's his ultimate goal? >> he's trying to raise the standard of living for people in the far east. the region accounts for about one-third russia's base territory but its industries crude oil as the nation's economy took a tumble. in fact, its population decreased by more than 1 million to about 6.4 millions. in contrast, neighboring northeast china has 100 million people. the relationship with this powerful neighbor could determine russia's future. so the putin administration is aiming to invigorate the far east by bringing capital and technology from fast growing asia-pacific nations. >> thank you. apec foreign and trade ministers will hold their second day of discussions on thursday, and then they will deliver the results. and we'll give you the details of that and also we'll plan to give you an in-depth report of energy policy. >>> triumph turned to tragedy in canada following an election in the fr

president barack obama has changed strategy with a new focus on the asia pacific region. security analysts say he has got his eye on the increasing military presence of china. japanese and australian personnel have responded by reinforcing cooperation. they want maintain stability in the region. so they've agreed to work together on things like peacekeeping operations and disaster relief. >> translator: the security situation in the asia-pacific region has changed. we've succeeded in achieving common vision. >> this two plus two meeting, the governments of australia and japan, have reaffirmed a commitment to strengthening these partnerships. >> reporter: the ministers discussed how to supply japan's defense forces and australian defense force. the two sides reached an agreement two years ago on how to support personnel when working together. but japanese lawmakers haven't approved the deal. still, japanese leaders have promised to expand their role in security across the region. and they say they'll do the working side by side. mari sakamoto, nhk world, sydney. >>> the aus

for its partners in russia's far east president vladimir putin outlined the issues at the gathering of asia pacific nations which make up half of the world's population and economy we now talk to our correspondent. is and lot of us stop me now what are president ford and economic plans. well basically you started by praising the role of apac as both an organization which accounts for no less than fifty percent of the world's trade g.d.p. and of course investment but also as a organization as a forum which provides the grounds to discuss ideas on how to shape global economic growth its regional integration which is in the driving economic growth forward and of course the fact that apec is such an important organization demands a common responsibility for all the actions that they are taking in order to avoid basically european scenarios now a huge role of course of devoted to limiting protectionism within this region now let him approach and admitted that protectionism is of course a justified for every nation that every nation has the right to support its national industries especially at a time of

integration into the asia pacific region. to the far east and. so what they put. out is moscow to take. the most important. we'll discuss it with the head of the russian direct. me. that is hosting a forum where financial wizards will be discussing business development. for russia . to boost money flowing to its economy many economists say it's a time of global financial uncertainty the country is doing great but like excessive bureaucracy and corruption still hold back global investors. the head of russian direct investment fund. is working to change this. the russian market is better than many others and. mr green is showing busy. hands vestment in russia behind. hello kitty welcome to the show thank you very very much for coming for coming clear well first of all i. before we start talking about the event itself about the apec meeting well many economists. believe that the focus. of the world economy is steadily moving from the western region from western europe america the v a classic region to asia and to the pacific region do you do you do you agree with tha

of these disputes in particular the one that's going on in the pacific right now well i'd like to begin by locating it within a series of territorial disputes in the asia pacific seeds this means we're not just talking about it china japan dispute we're also talking about a japan korea dispute over duck though we're talking about japan ongoing dispute with russia over the northern islands as the japanese call them we're talking about disputes in the south china seas between china vietnam the philippines and others so something is going on very large and significant around territorial issues in in

that's because of a negative report showing a weakening economy now if we stay with a talk about the asia pacific economic cooperation summit that of course was taking place all over the weekend as well the international business elite gather there and the main focus seems to be asia and invest in the asia pacific region and. will explain why russia has now set its eyes only. summit here in symbolizes the wind of change not just for russia but for the global economy so void yet another crisis of growth are needed and they need it quickly china's outgoing president hu jintao says he's very much concerned with notable downside risks to a slowing economy this is coupled with the fact the e.u. is still in a deep debt crisis over russia's naturally turning to asia boosting trade in the pacific rim to twenty one percent. but the e.u. remains its main trade partner accounting for fifty one percent the president wants to very much trade was. concerned with the recent investigation into gas dominance in eastern europe and. i think the main reason for this investigation is the difficult economic situation

both major currencies now i want to talk about asia here for a second because the vatican is the focus of russia and this was very evidence of the asia pacific economic cooperation summit and russia's far east and basically we have to take a look and explore why russia is now looking east for business opportunities. the apec summit here in london bostock symbolizes the wind of change not just for russia but for the global economy to avoid yet another crisis new pillars of growth on needed and they're needed quickly china's outgoing president hu jintao says he's very much concerned with notable downside risks to a slowing economy this is coupled with the fact the e.u. is still in a deep debt crisis over russia's naturally turning to asia boosting trade in the pacific rim to twenty one percent overall but the e.u. remains its main trade partner accounting for fifty one percent so present it in a putin wants to very much a lloyd trade was with the e.u. concerned with the recent investigation into gas dominance in eastern europe and when they don't use the i think the main reason for this investigation is the difficult economic situation in the

debt crisis a rages on there are fewer people willing to bear responsibility for sparking it at the asia pacific summit in russia's fought used over the weekend artie's cradle of el brought together leading experts to discuss what's wrong with capitalism and how to fix it he brings you had to part discussion here on r t today. the way to. keep the definition. of the equation on the right now with the market. capitalism without bankruptcy is like christianity without. so obvious breakaway region of kosovo is shutting down an international supervisory body it's being heralded as a landmark achievement off also in t a political analysts alexander paul vision believes it's just the tip of the iceberg of foreign involvement. resist international clearly and on going through the protocols. that's just a really minor ask or video store called international prize and there was about a year in one year ninety nine am to go to many along with me to follow no rules for how to remanding the new outer peacekeeping mission of letting all troops leave . their will it was. allowed to remain also on the route be

them so trade with europe accounts for fifty one percent of the whole world its trade with the asia pacific region makes up twenty four percent however with economic growth in the asia pacific is much russia's trade with this region will also increase this doesn't mean that we should stay idle and just watch as things unfold we understand these processes and should adapt to them are we preparing for this yes we are how we are expanding infrastructure capabilities this sun we also resulted in a number of new investment projects such as the launch of them as assembly line in florida will start a hyundai engine plant and many others asia pacific companies have already penetrated the russian economy and their products and services are in high demand we suppose there is a huge demand in russia in japan a solution. when i came here very found that unfortunately cables take the technology is not developed here so they found out for us to be huge fear to develop at the moment. in several projects such as construction of the mystery dome and said it better to be build by world cup two thousand and e

on the eve of the asia pacific economic cooperation regional to what degree is the global economy now centered in the east and so are we living in the pacific century and if we are what is it really me. and other fly in the ojt meant for russian british relations london has apparently followed in washington's footsteps and approved a blacklist of russian officials prevented from stepping on its soil the individuals are accused of human rights abuses in connection with the case of sort of game of ski it russian lawyer who died in custody more on that from marty's polly boycott. russia's ambassador to the u.k. wants an explanation from the u.k. foreign office after it emerged in the sunday times that the u.k. home secretary had sent a list of around sixty russian officials to the british embassy in moscow in order to ban them from traveling to russia now the list contains the names of russian judges prosecutors and intelligence officials who london believes are involved in the death of the russian based lawyer so again magnitsky he worked for the london based company hermitage capital f

pleasure to have you with us here on are you today rule research and live in moscow the asia pacific economic cooperation summit is living up to its title in of level stock the emphasis is on working closely to ride out economic problems and ensuring greater energy security. president of the host country has been talking about how he sees that all working with the rising influence of russia and china's partnership. in blood of all stock with. he started by praising the role of apac as both an organization which accounts for no less than fifty percent of the world's trade g.d.p. and of course investment but also as a organisation as a forum which provides the grounds to discuss ideas on how to shape global economic growth its regional integration with you and me driving economic growth forward and of course the fact that apec is such an important organisation demands a common responsibility for all the actions that they are taking in order to avoid basically european scenarios now a huge role of course of devoted to limiting protectionism within this region and also russia has a specif

. >>> people responsible for train in the asia pacific think they might be better off with fewer walls between them. at's the latest on a possible free trade deal? >> they are reconsidering the rules. they are looking at 20 sectors. new sozealand's prime minister says he's confident talks will be wrapped up by the end of next year. >> it's possible transpacific partnership can be completed in 2013. >> trade officials plan to conclude the agreement by the end of this year but representatives of nine countries involved said at the asia pacific cooperation forum a few days ago said they would postpone the schedule. they are about to wrap up negotiations in both areas but differences remain over some sectors. japanese officials said they will start consultations with the negotiating parts but they have yet to reach a decision. key said they will be happy to see participation in the near future. >>> there's an investigative body on the manipulation scandal. central bank governors from japan, britain and other leading countries released a statement after the meeting of the bank of internatio

well the asia pacific leaders meeting in. pushing for a trade off following those events for. about a fifteen minutes time for now the u.s. is reportedly ramping up its presence syria's turkish border sending teams of advisors to assist fighters it's also thought their aim is to monitor the possible infiltration of al qaeda rebels into the ranks washington has resisted calls to engage militarily so far saying it only provides non-lethal aid meanwhile reports suggest france is considering supplying heavy artillery to the syrian rebel forces is also stepping up support for the country's political opposition offering to help them forge a government. recognizing the syrian rebels could be a massive mistake. their long term agenda is introducing a. taliban like fanatical. islamic sharia law in into syria and ending the tolerance of different religions which has been the trademark of syrian life for decades under under the all assad family. in general and there are reports of journalists inside syria over the last months of these so-called opposition in many cases there are al qaeda

the asia pacific summit way peter lavelle's and gets a discuss whether capitalism is really in crisis coming up next. download the official application so choose your life stream quality and enjoy your favorites from. the t.v. is not required to watch oh it's all you need is your mobile device watch on t.v. any time. only welcome to this important debate on whether capitalism has lost its compass and i would even say moral compass this is the first time russia has hosted the apex summit it's an organization representing big and small rich and poor countries from the asia pacific area more than twenty world leaders are attending this annual event including presidents from russia and china the u.s. secretary of state was just here and prime ministers of australia and new zealand also here in what about stuck in russia's far east is nearly one thousand business business executives and entrepreneurs' to discuss the important economic financial and corporate issues facing this region and the world and perhaps no issue is bigger than the current state of the global economy and whether capit

political not financial woes in europe for the spread of the economic crisis is growing and the asia pacific summit in russia's far east over the weekend he's peaceful about brought together leading experts to discuss what's a while with capitalism and how to fix it and you can watch part two of the special panel here on r.t. later today. obviously. good news if it is. a question of the right guy with the. right. capitalism without bankruptcy is like christianity without. a come on route through a series largest city of aleppo killing at least seventeen people and wounding forty others according to the state run news agency the blast occurred just hours after a jordanian militant leader links to al qaeda warns that his extremist group was launching deadly attacks to help assad fighters and. members of the syrian social club x. party groups says the conflict in the country is no longer just a syrian revolution. it has turned into a more regional wider conflict. some sort of international war on syrian soil. i personally. witnessed first hand a demonstration on the seventh of may two thousand

when you get into the asia-pacific area. i flew what seemed like days to get down there, to cross the equater to get down there. so there's creative ways, we're using airlift, using ships that we currently are building, we have. i've even told my commander in the pacific, i said, look, don't wait for a perfect solution set to move forces around in the pacific. if we have to hire commercial ships to do that, i'm willing to do that in the meantime. but let's not wait because the strategy is too important. and what we'll do is we'll work to -- in hopes that the resources catch up with it. so, i'm hopeful, it's always a strain on lift, amphibious ships format are incorps, it's always been a strain. and it's not because we're bad people, it's just because you've got a finite amount of assets and when you start talking ships, they're very, very, very expensive. it's not like buying a single airplane. so that's the first thing. the second part on thes to prison, -- the ospreys, after passing through many countries, back in tokyo, bu