04.06.2008 /Deposits MBRD Spring Special Offer - MBRD provides 20% discount for safe-deposit box rental from the beginning of May till the 30th of September 2008.

06.06.2008 /Deposits “Smart Money” - a new deposit by Private Banking “UkrSibbank” - Notably, the name of deposit, which is "Smart Money", did not come out of nothing – interest rate on this deposit will grow, once you have come to top-up your savings. So, you may start saving from UAH 5000, USD or EUR 1000.

12.06.2008 /Deposits The Bank of Moscow makes the terms of its deposits more attractive and transparent - The Bank of Moscow has made its main time deposit — the "Prestige" deposit — still flexible and attractive for depositors. The minimum amount for the Prestige deposit has been reduced from 200,000 roubles to 30,000 roubles; from USD 15,000 to USD 1,000; from 15,000 to 1,000 euros.

18.06.2008 /Deposits “UkrSibbank” increases interest rates on deposits in UAH for individuals - Maximum rise on deposits for individuals was observed for 3-month maturity deposits. Interest rate on deposit with interests being paid at maturity makes up 15.5%, that is currently the highest rate among the majority of our competitors and the most attractive offer on the market.

01.08.2008 /Deposits New products are now available for corporate clients at SB Bank. - Deposit with a pre-term withdrawal option, withdrawn are the principal amount with the accrued interest calculated upon the actual deposit duration. The deposit is open for funds placement in RUR, USD and EUR for the period of 1 month up to 3 years. Minimal deposit amount is 1m RUR, 30'000 USD or EU.

01.08.2008 /Deposits SB Bank introduces new block offerings for depositors. - SB Bank clients are offered three variants of packages, depending on the amount and the period of deposit, the packages are "Major", "Classic", and "Elite". "Major" Package enables to get a 15% discount for safe deposit box rent in any office of the Bank; "Classic" Package, aside from 20% discount on a safe deposit box rent, provides for a free bank card VISA Classic or MasterCard Standard.

04.08.2008 /Deposits “UkrSibbank” changes interest rates on UAH deposits - Deposit rate for 12 months with interests being paid at maturity makes up to 16.5% in UAH. If the amount is over UAH 75 000, the deposit rate is increased by 0.2%, whereas pensioners will get up to 17% for annual deposit.

26.08.2008 /Deposits “UkrSibbank” changes rates in UAH on “Active Money” deposit - Current rates in UAH make up 10% p.a., in USD up to 5.5%, in EUR up to 3.5%. For private entrepreneurs in UAH – up to 12%, in USD – up to 5.5%, in EUR – up to 4%. Minimum deposit amount is: UAH 10, USD 10, EUR 10.

04.09.2008 /Deposits By calculating deposit yield the depositors can cover inflation losses and get profit at the same time - To make the right calculation of maximum yield on the deposit one should take into account inflation rate and exchange rate fluctuations in case it has to do with a deposit in currency different from the currency of principal earnings.

09.09.2008 /Deposits Save money in the currency you get income and plan your purchases - UkrSibbank recommend you to keep 70-80% of your savings in UAH, the rest in USD, as the experts expect the strengthening of its exchange rate in respect to Euro.

11.09.2008 /Deposits MBRD together with leading market research agencies will study bank deposit market - Joint project is aimed at reviewing the bank retail deposit market in two areas: demand and supply. The analysis would show population preferences in the area of deposits, help to single out the deposit market key trends and predict the market development.

16.09.2008 /Deposits Deposit rates to be stable by the end of 2008 - Currently it is difficult to forecast deposit interest rates increase till the end of the year as it depends both on internal factors, such as inflation rates, actions of the National Bank of Ukraine and situation on external loan markets. Till the end of the year the rates are unlikely to decrease. Evidently, they will be fixed at the current level.

06.10.2008 /Deposits TransCreditBank Raises Interest Rates on Retail Deposits - Rates will increase by 0.5 % - 2 % p.a. for RUR deposits and by 0.25 % - 1.5 % for FX deposits.

08.10.2008 /Deposits “A MILLION-DOLLAR OFFER” for SMEs by “UkrSibbank” - Since October 2008 JSCIB "UkrSibbank" offers its SME depositors (legal entities and private entrepreneurs) to participate in "A Million-Dollar Offer" deposit campaign guaranteeing getting GPS navigators, laptops and drawing lots of trips to Argentina as gifts.

04.12.2006 /Investing Alfa-Bank and the Russian Federal Agency for Atomic Energy (Rosatom) sign cooperation agreement - The Director of the Russian Federal Agency for Atomic Energy (Rosatom) Sergey Kirienko and Alfa-Bank President Peter Aven have signed an agreement to organize a financing program for the development of atomic power and industry, as well as an investment program and projects in this sector.

06.12.2006 /Investing Alfa-Bank and Russian NPO OboronReformProekt set up a joint company PatriotCapital - Alfa-Bank and NPO OboronReformProekt have established PatriotCapital company to promote the formation of financially sound integrated structures in the defense sector. The form of incorporation is a limited liability company with its registered capital of 400mln roubles.

08.12.2006 /Investing VTB and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation start cooperation in implementing the "Agroindustrial Complex Development" national priority project - The agreement is aimed at developing cooperation within the national priority project implementation in such spheres as financing the construction and upgrading livestock complexes, lending to purchase breeding stock, machinery and equipment for cattle-breeding, participation in financing the developing projects and programmes of industrial and social infrastructure of agroindustrial complex.

14.12.2006 /Investing VTB deals the syndicated loan for the Republic of Belarus - The syndicated loan for the Republic of Belarus represented by the Ministry of Finance has signed, increased to EUR 65 mln. VTB and Bayerische Landesbank (the Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners) and a consortium of lenders have signed into a EUR 65 mln.

16.12.2006 /Investing VTB and the Government of the Kaliningrad Region sign a Cooperation Agreement - On 11 December 2006, within the framework of a visit to the Kaliningrad Region by Andrei Kostin, Chairman and CEO of VTB, a Cooperation Agreement between VTB and the Government of the Kaliningrad Region was signed.

16.12.2006 /Investing Syndicated Factoring joint project is launched by VTB and NFC - Cooperation of key players in the banking and factoring markets suggests that the parties join together their efforts to ensure expanded access of trade and manufacturing companies to high quality factoring services.

19.12.2006 /Investing VTB, Standard Bank Plc and Fortis Bank SA/NV act as Mandated Lead Arrangers for USD 55 mio Syndicated term loan facility for CJSC "First Ukrainian International Bank" - This transaction is an extension and increase of the syndicated loan signed by FUIB in December 2005 in the amount of USD 40 mln.

19.12.2006 /Investing VTB and UniCredit Group act as Mandated Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners for USD 25 mio Syndicated term loan facility for Sviaz-Bank - The loan has a maturity of 12 months and pays a margin of 3.25% p.a.

21.12.2006 /Investing Alfa-Group raises its stake in Amtel-Vredestein - Alfa-Group announced today that it has filed documents with the Dutch securities regulator, AFM, which confirms it now holds acumulative stake in Amtel-Vredestein N.V.(LSE: AMV) of 26.14%. The shares are held both directly and through Amtel-Vredestein’s listing on the London Stock Exchange.

11.01.2007 /Investing The leading Russian banks will finance airplane supply to Cuba - A loan agreement was signed between Àviaimport S.À. (Cuba) and a syndicate of the Russian banks in Moscow. Under the agreement, the Russian banks will grant a syndicated loan worth USD 203.4 million for a 12-month term to finance the Ilyushin Finance Co. delivery of IL-96-300 and Tu-204 to the Republic of Cuba.

11.01.2007 /Investing VTB acted as Mandated Lead Arranger for USD 70 mio Syndicated term loan facility for OJSC "Kreditprombank". - The loan bears a margin of 2,35% p.a. and has maturity of 364 days with an extension option for further 364 days.