25.02.2009 /Operations A Meeting Held Between Vnesheconombank's Chairman and the Kazakh President - In the course of their meeting the two men discussed issues of financing foreign-trade contracts under Russian-Kazakh investment projects on the territory of the Republic and promoting cooperation between Vnesheconombank with Kazakhstan’s development institutions, they also outlined ways of strengthening trade-economic and financial ties between Russia and Kazakhstan.

25.02.2009 /Operations Vnesheconombank is to extend a credit of up to $3 billion to the Kazakh National Wealth Fund - The credit to be extended by Vnesheconombank will be used to secure the supplies of Russian equipment and exportation of metals, chemical and energy products from Russia "for upgrading and expanding production capacities of some Kazakh enterprises", Dmitriev said.

25.02.2009 /Operations Moscow Government has extended B&N Bank's status as the "Moscow Government Authorized Bank" - In order to confirm its status B&N Bank will submit its special cooperation program with Moscow Government to the City Department of Finance for further registration.

25.02.2009 /Bank's Ratings B&N Bank has been ranked 5th among the Most Reliable Russian Banks - Calculation of the reliability ratio is based on capital adequacy, liquidity position and other financial parameters. Moreover, the Bank has been ranked 20 th in "Top Retail Deposit Banks", 40th in "Top 200 Russian Banks by Equity" and 48 th in "Top 200 Russian Banks by Net Assets".

25.02.2009 /Who's who Shareholders of ROSBANK elected the new board of Directors - The general shareholders meeting of Rosbank appointed members of the Board of Directors as follows: G.R. Aliev, Deputy CEO of Interros Holding Company; M.G. Gilman, Professor of Economics, Head of Economic Policy Center of Academy of Economics, Moscow etc.