20.06.2007 /Personal loans "General Loan Agreement" by UkrSibbank: possibility of simultaneous access to different loans for a long period of time - Having concluded only one "General Loan Agreement" at JSCIB "UkrSibbank", SME customers will be able to receive different types of loans during 11 years: to replenish current assets, to purchase equipment, car, etc. At the same time the type of loan, amount, period, interest rate, as well as lending and repayment details are determined by special Addendums.

20.06.2007 /Events On May 22 an annual meeting of shareholders of Probusinessbank was held - During the meeting a decision was taken not to pay dividends by the results of the year 2006. It was decided to distribute the net profit of 29.995 million rbl. as follows...

20.06.2007 /Events Vladimir Putin Had a Working Meeting with Chairman of the State Corporation "the Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs" (Vnesheconombank) Vladimir Dmitriev - The Bank’s main lines of business were discussed at the meeting including efforts aimed at overcoming infrastructure limitations to economic growth, enhancing efficient use of natural resources and upgrading and expanding high-technology production facilities.

20.06.2007 /Operations Raiffeisen investment and lazard announce joint cooperation agreement in Russia and central/eastern European region. - Raiffeisen Investment AG and Lazard Ltd (NYSE: LAZ) today announced a joint cooperation agreement for merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory in Russia and the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region.

20.06.2007 /Operations BA-CA to acquire a 9.97% interest in its Russian subsidiary IMB - Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA-CA) has given notice to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to exercise its call option to acquire 12,978 common shares of its Russian subsidiary International Moscow Bank (IMB), representing a shareholding of 2.79 per cent of IMB's total share capital.

20.06.2007 /Operations TransCapitalBank (TCB) organized 4-year financing of deliveries of electric-power equipment for the amount of EUR 1,2 mln under the insurance cover provided by OeKB export credit agency. - TCB obtained an MLT loan facility amounting to EUR 1,2 million for financing of the transaction related to purchase of modern electric-power equipment produced by Jenbacher (Austria).

20.06.2007 /Who's who Hendrik ten Bosch retired as General Manager; Alexander Pisaruk successor - Alexander Pisaruk (42) is appointed to succeed Hendrik ten Bosch as General Manager, ING Wholesale Banking Russia. Alexander will be responsible for the overall strategy and further development of ING Wholesale Banking activities in Russia.

20.06.2007 /Who's who Forming Management Bodies of Vnesheconombank - Forming management bodies of the Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank) is nearing completion. The Russian President appointed Acting Vnesheconombank Chairman Vladimir Dmitriev as Chairman of the Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank).