The growth of world trade in 2011 slowed sharply - to 5.0% from 13.8% a year earlier, the trend will continue this year - the increase will be only 3.7%, according to a press release from the World Trade Organization ( WTO ). Data for 2011 were 0.8 percentage points lower than the organization's last forecast, published in September 2011. At the same time, according to preliminary WTO forecasts, in 2013 the rate of increase in world trade volumes will accelerate to 5.6%.

— 12.04.2012 15:07 — The Gazprom board at a meeting on Thursday recommended that the board of directors decide to pay dividends for 2011 in the amount of “just under 9 rubles per share,” several sources familiar with the situation told Interfax . The company's management previously announced that it would calculate dividends based on 25% of net profit . Direct calculation of dividends based on net profit under RAS for 2011 gives 9.29 rubles per share.

April 12, 2012, 16:39 Politics Tymoshenko's office is being transferred to prison Former Minister of Defense of Ukraine Valery Ivashchenko was sentenced to five years, Turchynov is next in line Ekaterina Savina close 100% Another former member of Yulia Tymoshenko's government, acting. O. Head of the Ministry of Defense Valery Ivashchenko was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

Sport “Buchnevich is not inferior in talent to Malkin” Valery Bragin about the victory over the Finnish team Boris Khodorovsky (St. Petersburg) close 100% After the victory over the Finnish team at the Grand Prix of St. Petersburg tournament, the head coach of the Russian youth team, Valery Bragin, complained about the lack of technical equipment of his hockey players. He compared Cherepovets Almaz forward Pavel Buchnevich with Evgeni Malkin.

April 12, 2012, 05:48 Society In Moscow on Thursday it is expected to reach +6, cloudy In the Russian capital on Thursday, the weather that has settled over the past few days will continue. As Roshydromet promises , in Moscow during the day it will be from +4 to +6. The weather is expected to be cloudy, mostly clear, and the wind will be southeast and weak. A more detailed forecast can be found on the weather page .

The largest Russian manufacturer of passenger cars, AvtoVAZ OJSC, will ask the state for another $2 billion by 2015 to modernize the enterprise with the participation of Renault SA and Nissan Motor. about this told Bloomberg AvtoVAZ President Igor Komarov . “For the first time in many years, if not decades, AvtoVAZ is launching such a large-scale project,” Komarov said in an interview with the agency in Tolyatti.

April 12, 2012, 22:23 Society The host of the “Good Night, Kids” program, Honored Artist of Russia Vladimir Ukhin, has died The famous TV presenter, honored announcer of central television and honored artist of Russia Vladimir Ukhin has died , RIA Novosti reports . Ukhin hosted the “Good Night, Kids” program for 31 years until 1995 and was known to young viewers as Uncle Volodya. Afterwards he began touring around Russia. In 2005, he suffered a stroke, which led to partial paralysis.

April 12, 2012, 11:22 Society The patrolman surrendered himself Patrolman George Zimmerman, who killed 17-year-old, surrenders to police Elena Belova close 100% The patrolman who shot and killed 17-year-old African-American Trayvon Martin faces charges. Reuters Patrolman George Zimmerman was finally detained by Florida State Police a month and a half after the murder of an African-American teenager. As the police explain, the patrolman who had previously gone on the run surrendered himself.

The Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow dismissed the claim of Evgeny Dzhugashvili against the head of the registration and archival funds department of the FSB of Russia, Lieutenant General Vasily Khristoforov, who stated at a scientific conference about the involvement of Dzhugashvili’s grandfather Joseph Stalin in the execution of Polish officers in Katyn, RAPSI reports . “Nobody said that Stalin and his relatives committed the crime.

The troops of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the armed forces of the opposition complied with the UN demand for a temporary ceasefire on time, Reuters reports, citing opposition activists. According to the terms of the ceasefire agreement, mediated by UN and Arab League special envoy Kofi Annan, fighting in the country ceased at 07.00 Moscow time (06.00 local time) on Thursday.

who has been starving for the 28th day, Ex-candidate for mayor of Astrakhan Oleg Shein, drank a glass of orange juice, reported in his microblog State Duma deputy from A Just Russia Dmitry Gudkov . “Shot of the week: Shein drank a glass of juice so as not to die in #Astrakhan,” Gudkov wrote. He attached a photo of Shein with a plastic cup to his lips . Later, Dmitry Gudkov clarified that the juice was orange.

Religious extremists have claimed responsibility for attempted terrorist attacks in Ganja and a number of other cities of Azerbaijan and have issued threats to carry out terrorist attacks against participants in the upcoming final of the Eurovision 2012 contest in Baku in May. Participants in the song competition are threatened by a certain author named Muslim in an article published on the website Ummanews.ru. “Eurovision is a nightmare for all Muslims.

A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.0 occurred in Mexico in the state of Michoacan. According to witnesses, buildings are swaying, people are running from their houses into the streets, reports Reuters . The center of seismic activity is concentrated in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the state. The earthquake was felt in the capital of the country. Its magnitude reached 6.4 in Mexico City. The tremors caused slight panic among residents.

April 12, 2012, 14:23 Business FAS asks Putin to issue a resolution on disclosing the beneficiaries of state-owned companies' counterparties The Federal Antimonopoly Service ( FAS ) has asked Vladimir Putin to issue a directive according to which contractors of state-owned companies are required to disclose their beneficiaries by government decree, said the head of the department, Igor Artemyev .

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin was left without a house, apartment, land plot and garage, and his income decreased by more than a million rubles. In 2011, As reported in the information on the income of government members published on the website of the Cabinet of Ministers , Sechin owns a plot of land with an area of ​​1.5 thousand square meters. m and a Subaru Legacy car. His income, according to the declaration, in 2011 amounted to 3.09 million rubles.