03.02.2009 /Deposits “UkrSibbank” Extends “New Year” Deposit Campaign - It is worth noting that along with standard term deposits and 2008 best-seller - "Active Money" deposit - "UkrSibbank" offers short term deposits on favorable conditions: up to 22.5% in UAH, 12.8% in USD and 7.5% in EUR till February-end.

03.02.2009 /Events Vnesheconombank Chairman V.A. Dmitriev’s Interview to TV Channel Vesti. (Davos, the World Economic Forum) - Vladimir DMITRIEV, Vnesheconombank Chairman. Today, at a time when the crisis of global financial and economic markets hit actually almost all countries in the world, the theme of the crisis is crucial at all sessions, meetings and discussions including those I happened to participate in and also those I held with my colleagues in financial and corporate business.

03.02.2009 /Operations TransCreditBank Increases its Capital by RUR2 bn - TransCreditBank received from Non-government Pension Fund Blagosostoyanie a RUR2 bn deposit for 10.5 years. Given that terms and conditions of the term deposit agreement made by and between the Bank and NGPF Blagosostoyanie, this funding will be included into calculation of TransCreditBank's equity, which will amount to RUR 24.3 bn (pro forma) as of February 1, 2009.

03.02.2009 /Operations Cooperation Agreement between Gazprombank and Export Development Bank of Egypt - Agreement aimed at strengthening partnership between the two financial institutions and expansion of cooperation in the financing of trade, long-term projects and exports as well as cooperation in the capital market.

03.02.2009 /Operations On Signing Credit Agreements between Vnesheconombank and Aviaimport S.A. - The credits are aimed at financing supplies of TU-204SE aircraft and auxiliary equipment under the export contract between Aviaimport S.A. and OJSC Ilyushin Finance Co.

03.02.2009 /Operations Russia's VEB says banks sought $3 bln in loans - VEB, the main distributor of Moscow's anti-crisis funds, has become one of the country's most powerful corporations because it helps decide which businesses will receive state help.