OREANDA-NEWS. May 16, 2012. We are pleased to invite you hereby to take part in the traditional Press Conferences of the Gazprom top management, to be held on the threshold of the Company’s annual General Shareholders Meeting.

The Press Conferences to take place from May 23 through June 28 are as follows:
May 23 (Wednesday), at 11:00 am (Moscow time)
Mineral and Raw Material Base Development. Gas Production. Gas Transmission System Development

Participants:
— Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom;
— Oleg Aksyutin, Member of the Management Committee – Head of the Gas Transportation, Underground Storage and Utilization Department, Gazprom;
— Vsevolod Cherepanov, 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 Prospective Development Department.
May 30 (Wednesday), at 11:00 am
Gazprom’s Power Generation Strategy

Participant:
— Denis Fyodorov, Head of the Directorate for Power Sector Development and Marketing in Power Generation, Gazprom; Director General, Gazprom energoholding.
June 13 (Wednesday), at 11:00 am
Gas Export and Enhancing Reliability of Gas Supply to Europe

Participants:
— Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom; Director General, Gazprom export;
— Pavel Oderov, Head of the International Business Department, Gazprom.
June 15 (Friday), at 11:00 am
Gas Supply to Domestic Market. Executing Russian Regions Gasification Program

Participant:
— Kirill Seleznev, Member of the Management Committee – Head of the Gas and Liquid Hydrocarbons Marketing and Processing Department, Gazprom; Director General, Gazprom mezhregiongaz.
June 18 (Monday), at 11:00 am
Gazprom in Eastern Russia, Entry into Asia-Pacific Markets

Participants:
— Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom;
— Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom; Director General, Gazprom export;
— Oleg Aksyutin, Member of the Management Committee – Head of the Gas Transportation, Underground Storage and Utilization Department, Gazprom;
— Vsevolod Cherepanov, 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 Prospective Development Department.
— Pavel Oderov, Head of the International Business Department, Gazprom;
— Viktor Timoshilov, Head of the East-Oriented Project Coordination Directorate, Gazprom.
June 28 (Thursday), at 11:00 am
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 Chairwoman of the Management Committee – Chief Accountant, Gazprom;
— Elena Karpel, Head of the Pricing and Economic Expert Analysis Department, Gazprom;
— Karen Oganyan, Head of the Tax Policy Department, Gazprom.
The Press Conferences will be held at the Gazprom headquarters located at 16 Nametkina St:
— on May 23, on June 13, 18 and 28 – at the Gazprom Press Center (bldg 2, room 332);
— on May 30, on June 15 – at the Conference Hall (bldg 2).

Travel route: ride the 1st car of the train going from downtown to the Noviye Cheryomushki subway station, then take a No.60 trolley to the Novocheryomushkinskaya Ulitsa bus stop. Admittance to the building will be in accordance with the accreditation lists. All visitors must hold passports.
Phone numbers for mass media, investment company representatives and investment bank analysts accreditation:

+7 (495) 719-11-43, M.Krasnov@gazprom.ru (Mikhail Krasnov); +7 (495) 719-47-30, O.Moreva@gazprom.ru (Olga Moreva).

In case there are changes in the Press Conferences schedule, the Information Directorate will inform of those (if any) additionally.
June 29 (Friday)

On June 29 Gazprom’s annual and extraordinary General Shareholders Meetings will be followed by the final Press Conference involving the Gazprom Board of Directors Chairman and the Gazprom Management Committee Chairman.

 
During the Press Conferences and the Shareholders Meetings you have free access to the Internet via Wi-Fi.

The Press Conferences of the Gazprom top management (May 23 to June 28) and the speech by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee at the Shareholders Meeting and the final Press Conference (June 29) will be broadcast live over the Internet at www.gazpromvideo.ru in the Russian and English languages.

The audio broadcasting of the said events and Alexey Miller’s speech will be available in Russian and in English via the following phone numbers +7 (495) 719-35-77 and +7 (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.