OREANDA-NEWS. April 1, 2011. LUKOIL conducted an informational meeting in Ufa today with the Company’s shareholders residing in the Republic of Bashkortostan. The meeting was attended by approximately 150 shareholders, JSC  LUKOIL officials of Investor and Shareholder Relations Department, a representative of Security Service of the Company’s subsidiary in the region and a representative of OAO Registrator NIKoil, the registrar for the Company’s securities.

The meeting discussed issues which included the dividend policy of JSC  LUKOIL, the dividend payment procedure, inherited stock ownership, specifics of inherited dividends acceptance, changes in the shareholders’ data in the register of the security holders and also the obtaining of information from the shareholder register etc.

The meeting with shareholders was arranged within the framework of the “Program Aimed at Improvement of Mechanisms to Exercise Shareholder Rights for 2010-2014” approved by the JSC  LUKOIL Board of Directors on May 18, 2010.

Earlier on LUKOIL arranged such meetings with shareholders in Volgograd, Kaliningrad and Perm where a lot of minority shareholders of the Company reside.

http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/2011-03-30-28649/ Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Financial Results Announcement and Conference Call

30 March 2011

The management of Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) will be holding a conference call to discuss the Company’s Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Financial and Operating Results on Tuesday, April 5, 2011.

Please note that the conference call will start at:

18:00 hrs (Moscow time)

15:00 hrs (London time)

10:00 hrs (US Eastern time)

To take part in the conference call, please dial one of the following telephone numbers and quote either the Company’s name, MTS, or the conference ID, 4427579:

From the US:       + 1 480 629 9656      

From the UK:       + 44 207 190 1292    

International:        + 44 207 190 1292    

The conference call will also be available at: http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/reports/ via audio webcast.

The earnings release will be posted approximately three hours prior to the conference call and the management’s slide presentation will be posted approximately one hour prior to the conference call at: http://www.mtsgsm.com/news/reports/.

A replay of the conference call will be available on the following telephone numbers from April 5 (from approximately 23:00 hrs Moscow time/20:00 hrs London time/15:00 hrs US Eastern time) to April 12, 2011:

From the US:      + 1 303 590 3030          PIN 4427579 #           

From the UK:      + 44 207 154 2833        PIN 4427579 #           

International:       + 44 207 154 2833        PIN 4427579 #