19.11.2008 /Investing Barclays announces update to Capital Raising - Barclays propose to raise over 7 billion of additional capital from existing and new strategic and institutional investors, a number of meetings and conversations have taken place between senior officers of Barclays and Barclays major institutional shareholders.

19.11.2008 /Events BARCLAYS and UNICEF to drive lasting financial change for young people in 5M partnership - The partnership, "Building Young Futures", aims to empower thousands of young people across the world by providing them with the support and skills they need to achieve a brighter economic future for themselves and their communities.

19.11.2008 /Events MBRD Supported an Exhibition of famous Russian artist Ivan Glazunov - Demonstration to European audience the traditions of Russian realistic art and modern icon-painting for better understanding Russian culture in particular was the main idea of this project.

19.11.2008 /Operations VTB receives custodian status under the Bank of New York Mellon Global Depositary Receipts Program - The first stage of cooperation will commence early December 2008 with a transfer of shares under GDR Program to VTB Bank for custody, starting with such companies as Sistema-Hals, RBC Information Systems and IRKUT Corporation, with Tatneft, TMK and Chelyabinsk-Zinc expected to join them by the end of the year.

19.11.2008 /Bank's Ratings Moody's published new credit opinion on LOCKO-Bank - Moody's confirmed LOCKO-Bank's bank financial strength rating (BFSR) of E+ which translates into a Baseline Credit Assessment (BCA) of B2 along with LOCKO's Global Local Currency (GLC) deposit ratings of B2/Not Prime, Stable outlook.