OREANDA-NEWS. June 6, 2008. Dear representatives of the media, investment and finance companies!

We are pleased to invite you hereby to take part in the Press Conferences of Gazprom’s top management, to be held on the threshold of the Company’s annual General Shareholders Meeting.

The Press Conferences to be taking place from June 16 through June 26 are as follows:

June 16 – Mineral and Raw Material Base Development. Gas Production. Gas Transmission System Development.

Participants:
Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom
Vasily Podyuk, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Gas, Condensate and Oil Production Department, Gazprom
Vlada Rusakova, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Strategic Development Department, Gazprom

June 17 – Gas Supply to the Domestic Market. Electronic Trading Platform Operation. Russian Regions Gasification Program Execution.

Participant:
Kirill Seleznev, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Gas and Liquid Hydrocarbons Marketing and Processing Department, Gazprom, Director General, Mezhregiongaz

June 18 – Gas Export. Export Routes and Supplied Products Diversification.

Participants:
Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom, Director General, Gazprom export
Stanislav Tsygankov, Head of the International Business Department, Gazprom
 
June 24 – Gazprom in Eastern Russia, Entry to Asia-Pacific Markets.

Participants:
Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom
Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom, Director General, Gazprom export
Bogdan Budzulyak, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Gas Transportation, Underground Storage and Utilization Department, Gazprom
Vasily Podyuk, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Gas, Gas Condensate and Oil Production Department, Gazprom
Vlada Rusakova, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Strategic Development Department, Gazprom
Stanislav Tsygankov, Head of the International Business Department, Gazprom
Viktor Timoshilov, Head of the East-Oriented Project Coordination Directorate, Gazprom

June 26 – Gazprom’s Financial and Economic Policy

Participants:
Andrey Kruglov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Head of the Finance and Economics Department, Gazprom
Elena Vasilieva, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Chief Accountant, Gazprom
Elena Karpel, Head of the Pricing and Economic Expert Analysis Department, Gazprom

The Press Conference scheduled for June 16 will commence at 1 pm, for June 17 – 3 pm and for June 18, 24, 26 – 11 am, Moscow time.

The Press Conferences will be held at Gazprom’s Headquarters located at: 16 Nametkina Street, CD Building, Room 332. The June 17 Press Conference will take place in Gazprom’s Conference Hall.

Travel route: ride the 1st car of the train going from downtown to the Noviye Cheryomushki subway station, then take a №60 trolley to the Novocheryomushkinskaya Ulitsa bus stop. Admittance to the building will be in accordance with the accreditation lists. All visitors must bear editorial IDs or passports.

Telephone numbers for media accreditation:

(495) 719-11-43 (Mikhail Krasnov); (495) 719-34-77 (Irina Komarova)

Telephone numbers for investment company representatives and investment bank analysts accreditation:

(495) 719-10-97 (Dmitry Zhdanovich); (495) 719-10-27 (Alexey Kamochkin)

In case there are changes in the Press Conferences schedule, the Information Directorate will inform of those (if any) additionally.

June 27 – Gazprom’s annual General Shareholders Meeting will be followed by the final Press Conference involving the Gazprom’s Board of Directors Chairman and the Gazprom’s Management Committee Chairman.

During June 16-26 the Press Conferences of Gazprom’s top management will be broadcast live over the Internet at www.gazpromvideo.ru in the Russian and English languages, with the Speech by Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee at the Shareholders Meeting and the final Press Conference to be webcast on June 27.

The audio broadcasting of the said events and the statement by Alexey Miller will be available in Russian and in English via the following telephone numbers (495) 719-35-77 and (495) 719-30-00 (multi-line system).

Moreover, the www.gazpromvideo.ru site visitors will have the opportunity to address (in writing) their questions online to participants of the Press Conferences in Russian and in English.