29.09.2008 /Investing Central Moscow Depository Starts Servicing Shareholders of TransCreditBank - The decision to change the registrar was taken by the Board of Directors of TransCreditBank at their meeting on July 22, 2008.

30.09.2008 /Investing On Russian Foreign Debt Payments - Vnesheconombank transferred funds totaling 1 billion 272 million 046 thousand 945.32 US dollars to the Bank of New York, Brussels to make a regular payment on eurobonds to repay government foreign debt of the Russian Federation.

10.10.2008 /Investing Locko Bank announces to repurchase Eurobonds - Locko Bank is pleased to announce its intentions to partially repurchase via a number of public and/or private trades the US$100 mln 10.00 per cent. Loan Participation Notes due March 2010 issued by Locko Finance Plc for the sole purpose of funding a loan to Locko Bank.

13.10.2008 /Investing Update on capital, dividend and current trading - Barclays is well capitalised, profitable and has access to the liquidity required to support its business. Taking into account the new higher capital targets which the FSA has set for all UK banks, the Board has determined that it will raise in excess of E6.5bn of Tier 1 Capital. This would result in a pro forma Tier 1 Capital ratio as at 30 June 2008 of over 11%.

21.10.2008 /Investing Vnesheconombank Supervisory Board approves a decision to purchase Bank Globex - The Bank of Russia and MinFin are considering the possibility of placing a target deposit of 2 billion US dollars with Vnesheconombank for a period of one year to purchase 100% of JSC Commercial Bank Globex’s shares.

22.10.2008 /Investing “Agromat” fulfills its offer obligations on series B, and pays out interest income on bonds of series À and series  - Agromat has, in full and in due terms, fulfilled its obligations to investors on payment of nominal value for repurchased bonds of series  at offer, and paid out interest income for the 5th interest period on bonds of series À and for the 4th interest period on bonds of series Â. Interest payments amounted to UAH 44.88 per series A bond and UAH 37.40 per series  bond.

23.10.2008 /Investing LLC “ALLO” fulfills its redemption obligations on series A and pays out interest income on bonds of series À - ALLO has, in full and in due terms, fulfilled its obligations to investors on payment of nominal value for bonds of series A at redemption, and paid out interest income for the last 12th interest period on bonds of series À. Interest payments amounted to UAH 29.42 per series A bond.

23.10.2008 /Investing The Bank of Russia Put TransCreditBank's Bonds on the Lombard List - The lombard list includes some sub-sovereign bonds, RUR bonds issued by Russian banks, debt securities issued outside of Russia by corporate borrowers who are not RF residents.

24.10.2008 /Investing “UkrSibbank” pays out interest income on series G bonds - "UkrSibbank", in full and in due terms, paid out interest income for the 7th interest period on bonds of series G. Interest payments amounted to 11% p.a. or UAH 27.42 per series G bond.

30.10.2008 /Investing On Approving Transaction to Acquire 99% of CJSC Commercial Bank Globex’s Shares - Vnesheconombank's Supervisory Board approved the transaction to acquire 99% of CJSC Commercial Bank Globex's shares. About 80 thousand customers and depositors of Globex will be absolutely guaranteed that the Bank will continue to fulfill all its obligations to them.

30.10.2008 /Investing “CENTRAVIS PRODUCTION UKRAINE” Repays Interest Income on A Series Bonds for 2nd Interest Period - Total volume of issue: UAH 150 000 000.00; Nominal value per bond: UAH 1 000. Interest payment for the 2nd interest period made up 12.75% p.a. in UAH or UAH 31.79 per bond.

31.10.2008 /Investing VTB completes 100 per cent consolidation of VTB North-West shares - The consolidation was launched in November last year when CJSC Bank VTB24, a member of VTB Group, announced an offer to purchase VTB North-West shares with a nominal value of RUR 1 for RUR 41.72 each or to exchange them for JSC VTB Bank shares at the rate of 1:361.

14.11.2008 /Investing VTB is to finance X5 Retail Group - VTB Bank has made a decision to set a RUB 7 billion credit limit for an eighteen month period for X5 Retail Group. The Company plans to channel the funds into replenishing its working capital.

15.11.2008 /Investing Probusinessbank increases its share capital - Probusinessbank has placed ordinary shares in favor of East Capital Financial Institutions Fund AB. The share issue had earlier been registered with the Central Bank of the Russian Federation on September 15, 2008. The issue amounts to RUR 375 million. At the same time, Åast Capital provided a RUR 625 million subordinated loan to Probusinessbank for 5 years.

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.

20.11.2008 /Investing BSGV raises savings deposit rates - Bank Societe Generale Vostok has increased savings deposit rates. The new annual rate for eurodeposits is 3%, for USD deposits – 4%, for ruble deposits – 7%.

20.11.2008 /Investing VTB Bank and the Cyprus Stock Exchange sign a Memorandum - The Memorandum provides for a joint commission on implementing projects in the Russian and Cypriot securities markets, including depositary receipts issue.

21.11.2008 /Investing JSC RZhD's 9th Bond Issue Fully Placed, TransCreditBank Acting as an Arranger - The issue size is RUR15 bn. Par value of a bond is RUR1,000. The issue matures in 5 years. The bond carries ten semiannual coupons. The interest rate for coupons 1-3 was set at 13.5% p.a. which translates into 13.96% p.a. yield to the put option for bondholders exercisable 1.5 years after the launch date. Rates for coupons 4-10 will be set by the issuer.

21.11.2008 /Investing VTB Group participates in placement of Russian Railways bonds - The bond was fully placed. As a result of the auction 10 bids of investors were satisfied. The first to the third coupon rate was set at 13.5% p.a. that is equal to the effective yield of an eighteen-month offer.

25.11.2008 /Investing On Refinancing Russian Companies’ Obligations to Foreign Financial Institutions - The Supervisory Board approved Vnesheconombank’s participation in refinancing a number of transactions of companies operating in the metal mining industry and microelectronics, the operation of which is of great socio-economic importance to the Russian Federation, with these transactions being worth about 2 billion US dollars.

26.11.2008 /Investing B.I.N.BANK has acquired Bashinvestbank - Within a short period of time B.I.N.BANK has elaborated and submitted to CBR and Agency for Deposit Insurance its preliminary plan for rehabilitation of Bashinvestbank. In the nearest future B.I.N.BANK jointly with Agency for Deposit Insurance will specify and assert the final rehabilitation plan and Bashinvestbank will be able to proceed with work.

27.11.2008 /Investing VTB Group acts as an arranger of Russian Railways bond issue - After the full placement, nine bids of investors were accepted. The first to the third coupon rate was set at 13.5% p.a. that is equal to the effective 1.5-year yield to put at 13.96% p.a.

27.11.2008 /Investing TransCreditBank Arranges 11th Bond Issue of JSC RZhD - The deal size is RUR11bn, with face value of each bond at RUR1,000. The issue matures in 7 years. The bond carries 14 semiannual coupons. The 1st coupon rate is set at 13.5% p.a. Rates of 2-3 coupons are equal to the 1st coupon rate, interest rates for coupons 4-14 will be set by the issuer.

29.11.2008 /Investing Gazprombank redeems 5-year Eurobonds - The bank placed a $750m bond issue at an annual interest rate of 7.25 percent on October 30, 2003, after which it also floated an additional issue worth $300m in January 2004.

03.12.2008 /Investing Alfa-Bank buys a controlling stake in Severnaya Kazna - Alfa-Bank announced that it will buy a controlling stock in Severnaya Kazna, one of the leading banks in the Urals region. In cooperation with the Russian Central Bank and the State Agency for Deposit Insurance, Alfa-Bank will work to strengthen Severnaya Kazna’s position in the Urals banking market.