In 2016, mobile Internet traffic in Russia grew year-on-year by 48% to approximately 3.8 billion GB, according to materials from the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications. Growth has slowed down, but not significantly – last year it was 54%. Mobile Internet traffic is 7 times less than wired Internet traffic (27.2 billion GB in 2016). However, mobile traffic is growing much faster: fixed traffic increased by just over 15% in 2016.

April 19, 2017, 00:37 / Economics How to force the largest Russian companies to transfer their foreign structures to their homeland Officials cannot figure out how to fulfill the president’s instructions from 2014 Elizaveta Bazanova Margarita Papchenkova Ekaterina Burlakova Russia is ready to accept foreign subsidiaries of the largest companies, but it is not clear why they should move / AP The Ministry of Economic Development decided to send a letter to the companies on the list (Vedomosti

In the Black Sea, rescuers have found five of the 12 crew members of the distressed dry cargo ship "Geroi Arsenala", a source in international marine search services told Interfax. According to preliminary data, the ship sank, he added. "A crew member was raised alive from the water on board the rescue vessel. The location of four more crew members in the water area has been established from the air. The fate of seven remains unknown," the agency's source said.

Noticeable warming will come to the Central Federal District (CFD) and the Moscow region only by April 23, and it will be truly warm by April 27, said Roman Vilfand, director of the Hydrometeorological Center. By the beginning of the weekend in Central Russia, according to the meteorologist, the pressure will drop sharply - by 25 mm Hg, the wind will increase to 15-17 m/s, the sky will be covered with clouds and there will be precipitation in the form of wet snow and rain.

The law limiting the payment period for government orders to 30 days was adopted by the State Duma in the third - final - reading. Previously, such a restriction was only for contracts with small businesses, but now for them the period has been halved - to 15 days. It will be possible to set a longer payment period only for state defense orders and purchases in the interests of state security.

The cargo ship "Geroi Arsenala" that sank in the Black Sea could have had up to 30 tons of oil products in its holds. As reported by Interfax, this was reported by the press service of the Krasnodar Territory administration. "In addition to providing assistance to the victims, environmental safety issues will also be considered," the statement said.

The Obolonsky District Court of Kyiv summoned former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to a hearing on May 4, 2017, as an accused in a case of high treason. The corresponding summons to court has been published on the portal “Judicial Authority of Ukraine”.

The Omsk mayoral election did not take place due to the lack of candidates, Interfax reports . As announced by the speaker of the city council, Galina Gorst, this was acknowledged by the city council deputies on April 19. Two candidates - businessman Andrei Eroshevich and the Minister of Labor and Social Development of the Omsk Region, Vladimir Kupriyanov - withdrew their candidacies before the council meeting.

For the real influence of religion on the state of society, it is not those who passively agree to be identified with a particular confession that matter, but those who listen to sermons and actively participate in parish life. The tradition of demonstrating closeness to the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) was inherited by the modern Russian government from its founder, Boris Yeltsin.

During the celebration of the 105th anniversary of Kim Jong-il's birthday in the DPRK, viewers were shown the launch of a new medium-range ballistic missile, its flight over the Pacific Ocean and its strike on an unnamed city in the United States. The staged video ended with footage of a burning American flag against the backdrop of a cemetery.

A video recording of one of the first interrogations, in which the deputy commander of the Chechen battalion "Sever" Zaur Dadaev admits his guilt in the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, is published by Kommersant. On April 18, during the trial, Dadaev retracted his confession, stating that he was sick at home on the day of the murder. Nemtsov was shot dead on February 27, 2015, on the Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge.

Politics Prime Minister Theresa May insists an early election will strengthen the country's position in Brexit negotiations if her Conservative Party wins. This should be a top issue during the election read on WSJ.com read on FT.com The US Navy confirmed that it did not send the aircraft carrier to North Korea.

Stroytransneftegaz may receive the second largest contract in its history from Gazprom, Interfax reported, citing its sources. In April, Gazprom intends to conclude a contract worth 51.4 billion rubles. with the only supplier for construction and installation work on the Sakhalin - Khabarovsk - Vladivostok gas trunkline (SHV) project. The deadline for fulfilling obligations under the contract is December 2019.

Karpova worked at VEB from 1992 to 2017. She headed the directorate of foreign exchange and financial operations, in 2012 she was appointed deputy chairman, and joined the board. At the beginning of March this year, the VEB supervisory board dismissed her from her position. Karpova, like the head of the RDIF, Kirill Dmitriev, is on the board of directors of Gazprombank.

The general does not admit guilt in bribery. His defense previously told the court that he does not intend to hide, and the arguments about real estate abroad and pressure on the witness are only an assumption. He is currently in custody until April 23.