The net profit of the IFRS of one of the largest automotive holdings in Russia of the GAZ group in 2011 amounted to 8.5 billion rubles, which is four times higher than the profit for 2010, the enterprise reports. This is the highest rate of net profit in the history of the company - in 2010 the group earned 2.1 billion rubles, BFM notes.

The Russian stock market has completed a week with a record in recent months, Interfax reports. According to the results of the trading on Friday, the MMEVB index fell to 1271.48 points (-1.3%), in the morning the index fell to 1246.52 points, which is close to the minimum of last year of October 4, the RTS index declined to 1289.46 points (-1.8%, a minimum of the day-1263.31 points). During the week, the MICEX index fell by 8.3%, the RTS index collapsed by 11.3%.

Ilya Varlamov “Nothing foreshadowed trouble... When suddenly, at a bus stop, I noticed a herd of pigs! Three grimy migrant workers were shitting right on the street! They deftly covered all accessible surfaces with advertising garbage. They did this in broad daylight, in front of indifferent passers-by. To say that Katz and I were amazed by such impudence, it’s an understatement!

At the annual Congress of the International Hockey Federation (IIHF), it was decided to take Jamaica and Qatar into the ranks of this organization. Jamaica received the status of an associated member, Qatar became a full -fledged participant, having passed the audit procedure, the IIHF official website clarifies. The Jamaica Hockey Federation was founded in the winter of 2011. At the moment, there is one ice arena and 20 players in the country.

The Moscow police are looking for criminals who stole the railway cable. As a result of this, there was a failure in the movement of high -speed trains running between the capital and the Sheremetyevo Airport, and ten passengers were late for their flights. The impudent theft, which violated the Aeroexpress movement schedule, occurred on Thursday at about 23:00 on the Lobnya -Sheremetyevo Moscow Railway (branch of Russian Railways).

The piano, belonging to the world-famous American pianist Van Klibern, was sold in New York at the auction of the Christie's auction house for 62.5 thousand dollars. “This piano of Steinway, made in 1912, was in their house for many years. The mother of the great pianist played after him,” the organizers of the auction said, as ITAR -TASS reports. The proceeds will be sent to the New York Julian school and the Moscow Conservatory named after P.I. Tchaikovsky.

In Moscow, Audi SUV with number 999 drove into the ABC Taste supermarket on the Dmitrovskoye Shosse, breaking glass doors. At the wheel there was a woman who, however, was not very upset. According to Lifenews , the Audi Q5 SUV has completely drove into the premises of the supermarket. People were surrounded by the car, an ambulance and the police were called to the place. “On the rear glass of the car there is a sign”! ”Says Tatyana, an employee of the supermarket.“ The driver is a woman.

The growth of the economy of the PRC can slow down to 7.5% in the second quarter of this year against the backdrop of the situation in the real estate market and a decline in external demand, RBC reports with reference to the forecast of the State Information Center of the PRC. If the forecast is justified, the growth of Chinese GDP in the II quarter of 2012 will become the slowest since the beginning of 2009, when the world economy has been in the power of the financial crisis.

The inhabitants of Bucharest are racking their heads with the question of what they were counting on in the city hall, hanging urns at a height of 2 meters. Garbage tanks, placed so highly, put the townspeople in a difficult situation, because not every day they have to throw garbage into the basketball ring. Some even sent pictures to a local television company to arouse the city administration and take any measures, reports Euromag.ru with reference to Croatian Times.

After the closing of the Kropotkinskaya metro station on the night of May 19, the subway station will turn into a concert platform. Spectators will be able to attend the performance of the Academic Great Choir of the Russian State University under the direction of Boris Tarakanov.

More than half of the newborns in the United States belong to racial and ethnic minorities, showed the last census of the population. 50.4% of children born within 12 months before July 2011 are African American, Latin American and Asians or appeared in mixed families, BBC reports. The birth rate in the United States is generally reduced, but the largest decline is observed in the white population.

The route of the next opposition procession is determined on June 12, which is called the second "march of millions." "New Gazeta" with reference to the Twitter coordinator of the Left Front Sergey Udaltsov writes: the route from the Tver outpost to Borovitskaya Square. (In fact - from the Belarusian station to the walls of the Kremlin.) The beginning of the march at 15:00, the rally - at 17:00. On Friday, a working group met that made such a decision.

Peugeot is trying in all ways to strengthen positions in the Russian market. This time, the French decided to push the Ford Focus with their new PEUGEOT 408 sedan. The main trump cards of the car are low price and huge sizes, RBC Daily notes. The car was developed specifically for developing markets. Residents of China, countries of Latin America, Russia are relatively free from the cramped European cities and love large cars that do not seem circumferential behind.

Rumors are confirmed that the Bentley brand can take a step extremely unusual for luxury brands and take part in the famous deserted rally-raid Dakar. According to CAR magazine, cars remotely reminiscent of the concept of the Exp 9 f crossover can take part in the rally in 2013. Currently, Bentley is negotiating the purchase of private teams of the Volkswagen Race Touareg SUVs to create its own team on their base.

On May 19, the international forum "Faith and business" will open in Moscow. He will collect Orthodox youth from around the world for the sixth time in the Russian capital. A single discussion platform will enable participants in the meeting to discuss the current problems of the Church and Society and better know about each other's lives. This was told today at a press conference in Moscow, Deputy Head of Rossotrudnichestvo Georgy Muradov.