04.06.2009 /Investing On Establishing a Syndicate for Placing Vnesheconombank's Domestic Currency –Denominated Bonds Series 01 - Bonds are planned to be placed on June 3, 2009 at the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICE). Bonds are to be placed through closed subscription among Russian lending institutions. The first coupon rate was determined in accordance with the procedure for determining coupon interest rate 6mLibor+ 1% and amounts to 2.24%. The bond maturity is one year. Bond yields are to be paid twice a year.

04.06.2009 /Investing On Issuing and Placing Vnesheconombank's Domestic Currency-Denominated Bonds - Vnesheconombank fully placed its debut issue of currency-denominated bonds series 01 worth 2 billion dollars at the Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange. The bonds were placed through closed subscription among Russian lending institutions. The rate of raising funds was 2.24% on the first coupon.

04.06.2009 /Events Vnesheconombank Chairman Vladimir Dmitriev's Interview on the Results of Vnesheconombank’s Supervisory Board Meeting - Last year, VEB's loan portfolio exceeded 350 billion rubles. The Bank started to finance 21 projects. Today, the Bank's Supervisory Board has discussed VEB's performance for the year 2008. And now VEB Chairman Vladimir Dmitriev is giving a briefing. We are offering you a live broadcast of it.

04.06.2009 /Events Alfa-Bank and MasterCard promotion winner's child gets to take part in UEFA Champions League Final opening ceremony - A seven-year old girl from Moscow, Polina Boiko, will lead one of the best football players in the world onto the pitch during the opening ceremony of the 2008–2009 UEFA Champions League playoff. Polina's father was the lucky winner of a competition set up by Alfa-Bank and MasterCard.

04.06.2009 /Operations ORGRESBANK changes name to Nordea Bank - The timing of the name change is due to Nordea in December 2008 acquiring a 17.7% stake in ORGRESBANK from two managing shareholders and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Scheduled for this September in Moscow, the name change will cover all 15 regions of the bank’s presence by the yearend.

04.06.2009 /Financial Statements On Approving Ernst and Young Vneshaudit as Auditor of Vnesheconombank's Annual Financial Statements for 2009 - The Supervisory Board of State Corporation "Bank for Development and Foreign Economic Affairs (Vnesheconombank)" approved CJSC Ernst and Young Vneshaudit as auditor of Vnesheconombank’s annual financial statements for 2009.

04.06.2009 /Who's who Anna Samarina Appointed as a Member of the Management Board of UkrSibbank - Anna Samarina joined UkrSibbank in June, 2000. She used to work as Head of Budgeting Unit, Head of Monitoring and Planning Division, and Deputy Head of Finance Department – Head of Management Control Division. Since December, 2006 she took up the position of Head of Finance Department. Her banking experience is 11 years.