23.04.2008 /Credit cards Russian Regions See a Significant Increase in Usage of Credit Cards - Ekaterinburg hosted the ceremony of the 10 000th Credit Card issued by Citibank in the Ural Federal Region. The winner is Zueva Julia, the holder of the Citibank Miles & More card.

23.04.2008 /Operations Citibank is opened for business in Volgograd - The inauguration ceremony of the new Citibank branch "Volgogradsky" was held at Prospekt Lenina, 2

23.04.2008 /Operations TransCreditBank, "MAN Nutzpharzoige" (Germany) and "MAN Avtomobili Rossii" made a tripartite agreement - Under this agreement the Bank is to finance leasing of at least 3,000 MAN trucks by Russian automotive freight operators in 2009. The agreement also provides for delivery of still bigger numbers of trucks in 2010-1011.

23.04.2008 /Operations VTB and the Moscow Government carry out a major project on power substations to be built in the capital - This project envisages 40 billion roubles of funding by VTB to Energy Complex company within the next 6 years. At present, construction of power substations such as Grach, Marfino, Nikulino, Yashino, Novo-Orekhovo and Meschanskaya are being financed.