OREANDA-NEWS. March 01, 2010. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES (OR TO U.S. PERSONS), CANADA, AUSTRALIA, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, ITALY OR JAPAN OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH OFFERS OR SALES WOULD BE PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW

Joint Stock Company "Russian Railways" (the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Barclays Bank PLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. and VTB Capital plc to act as joint lead managers and bookrunners for its debut Eurobond issuance.

The timing, volume and other details of the proposed transaction are subject to market conditions and should be in line with the Company’s financial budget and financial plan for 2010.

This announcement does not constitute or form part of and should not be construed as, an offer to sell or issue or the solicitation of an offer to buy or acquire securities of the Company in any jurisdiction or an inducement to enter into investment activity. No part of this announcement, nor the fact of its distribution, should form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or commitment or investment decision whatsoever.

This announcement is not an offer of securities for sale in the United States and the PROPOSED SECURITIES may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration. THE COMPANY does not intend to register any part of the PROPOSED offering under the applicable securities laws of the United States or to conduct a public offering of SUCH SECURITIES in the United States.

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. and VTB Capital plc WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING ADVICE IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSED SECURITIES.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS DIRECTED ONLY AT PERSONS WHO (I) ARE OUTSIDE THE UNITED KINGDOM OR (II) HAVE PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN MATTERS RELATING TO INVESTMENTS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 19(5) OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (FINANCIAL PROMOTION) ORDER 2005 (THE "ORDER") OR (III) ARE PERSONS FALLING WITHIN ARTICLE 49(2)(A) TO (D) ("HIGH NET WORTH COMPANIES, UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS ETC") OF THE ORDER OR (IV) TO WHOM THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MAY OTHERWISE BE DIRECTED WITHOUT CONTRAVENTION OF SECTION 21 OF THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND MARKETS ACT 2000 (ALL SUCH PERSONS TOGETHER BEING REFERRED TO AS "RELEVANT PERSONS"). THIS ANNOUNCEMENT MUST NOT BE ACTED ON OR RELIED ON BY PERSONS WHO ARE NOT RELEVANT PERSONS. ANY INVESTMENT OR INVESTMENT ACTIVITY TO WHICH THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES IS AVAILABLE ONLY TO RELEVANT PERSONS AND WILL BE ENGAGED IN ONLY WITH RELEVANT PERSONS.

IN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA ("EEA"), THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND ANY OFFER IF MADE SUBSEQUENTLY IS DIRECTED ONLY AT PERSONS WHO ARE "QUALIFIED INVESTORS" WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2(1)(E) OF DIRECTIVE 2003/71/EC (THE "PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE") ("QUALIFIED INVESTORS"). ANY PERSON IN THE EEA WHO ACQUIRES THE SECURITIES IN ANY OFFER (AN "INVESTOR") OR TO WHOM ANY OFFER OF THE SECURITIES IS MADE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND AGREED THAT IT IS A QUALIFIED INVESTOR. ANY INVESTOR WILL ALSO BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND AGREED THAT ANY SECURITIES ACQUIRED BY IT IN ANY OFFER HAVE NOT BEEN ACQUIRED ON BEHALF OF PERSONS IN THE EEA OTHER THAN QUALIFIED INVESTORS OR PERSONS IN THE UK AND OTHER MEMBER STATES (WHERE EQUIVALENT LEGISLATION EXISTS) FOR WHOM THE INVESTOR HAS AUTHORITY TO MAKE DECISIONS ON A WHOLLY DISCRETIONARY BASIS, NOR HAVE THE SECURITIES BEEN ACQUIRED WITH A VIEW TO THEIR OFFER OR RESALE IN THE EEA TO PERSONS WHERE THIS WOULD RESULT IN A REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLICATION BY THE COMPANY, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. OR VTB Capital plc OF A PROSPECTUS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 3 OF THE PROSPECTUS DIRECTIVE.  THE COMPANY, BARCLAYS BANK PLC, J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. AND VTB Capital plc AND ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, AND OTHERS WILL RELY UPON THE TRUTH AND ACCURACY OF THE FOREGOING REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS.

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS ANNOUNCEMENT DOES NOT CONTAIN OR CONSTITUTE AN OFFER, OR AN INVITATION TO MAKE OFFERS, SELL, PURCHASE, EXCHANGE OR TRANSFER ANY SECURITIES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANY RUSSIAN PERSON OR ANY PERSON IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN ADVERTISEMENT OF ANY SECURITIES IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND MUST NOT BE PASSED ON TO THIRD PARTIES OR OTHERWISE BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. THE PROPOSED SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN, NOR WILL BE, ADMITTED TO PUBLIC PLACEMENT AND/OR PUBLIC CIRCULATION IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED TO ANY PERSON IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RUSSIAN LAW.