MOSCOW, August 10 (Itar-Tass) — Russia’s GDP growth stood at 4% in the second quarter of 2012, the Feral State Statistics Service said in a preliminary estimate published on Friday.

Earlier the Economic Development Ministry estimated the year-to-year GDP growth in the second quarter at 3.9%.

The Federal State Statistics Service said the GDP grew by 4.9% in the first quarter of this year.