Forbes: российские миллиардеры потеряли за год 10%

Состояние Усманова Forbes оценивает в 18,1 млрд долларов (17,7 млрд долларов год назад). Бизнесмен владеет половиной акций компании "Металлоинвест", 29% акций лондонского футбольного клуба "Арсенал", почти 80% компании Digital Sky Technologies, а также издательским домом "Коммерсант", телеканалом "Муз-ТВ", сайтом Mail.ru и некоторыми другими активами. Через DST (Digital Sky Technologies) Усманов контролирует 5,5% в социальной сети Facebook и около 5% сервиса микроблогов Twitter.

В 2011 году список Forbes возглавил Владимир Лисин, председатель совета директоров НЛМК. В 2012 году он опустился на вторую строчку рейтинга, после того, как его состояние сократилось на 30% до 15,9 млрд.

За год акции НЛМК потеряли в цене на Лондонской бирже чуть более 40%.

"Металлургические, угледобывающие компании и банки торгуются ниже капитала, - напоминает один из составителей списка Forbes Николай Мазурин. - А "хорошие" сектора связаны со строительством в самом широком смысле: непосредственно девелоперские проекты, производство строительных материалов, например цемента, коммерческая и жилая недвижимость, земля - акции этих компаний подорожали".

В 2012 году совокупное состояние 200 предпринимателей составило 446,3 млрд долларов - на 10% меньше, чем в 2011 году.

UN votes to boost Syria mission.

The UN Security Council has voted to increase the number of observers in Syria to 300 for three months.

A small UN team is currently in Syria to monitor a fragile ceasefire between government and rebel forces.

The UN resolution was unanimously approved by the 15-member council, as the monitors were allowed to visit the city of Homs for the first time.

The visit came amid a lull in fighting in the opposition stronghold, which has been under bombardment by the army.

Rebels said tanks had been temporarily hidden out of sight while the observers were in the city, and that shelling was likely to resume.

However amateur video posted on the internet shows gunfire breaking out during the visit and monitors being surrounded by Homs residents. It is not clear who is responsible for the firing.

A Homs activist calling himself Abo told the BBC that he and other activists had tried to protect the monitors.

"This is our first day of calm for months," he said. "The regime today didn't shell any area or open fire until the observers came here."

There is no word from the UN itself about the alleged incident.

Ban Ki-moon's call

The UN resolution was adopted following a debate about the conditions for deployment.

European states had said the unarmed observers should be sent only when Syria implemented its pledge to send troops and tanks back to barracks.

Russia - which is regarded as an ally of Damascus - simply emphasised the need to send more monitors to Syria quickly.

In the end, the resolution leaves it to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to decide how and when they will be deployed.

Although overall violence has fallen since the truce was agreed by the UN and Syria more than a week ago, many violations have been reported by activists and journalists on the ground.