OREANDA-NEWS. Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” - NYSE: MBT), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, announces the completion of its dividend payments for the fiscal year 2013.

The final dividend for the fiscal year 2013 amounted to total of RUB 38.4 billion1 or RUB 18.6 per ordinary MTS share (RUB 37.2 per ADR).

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the leading telecommunications group in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world's fastest growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, the Group services over 100 million mobile subscribers in Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus, a region that boasts a total population of more than 200 million. Since June 2000, MTS' Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT). Additional information about the MTS Group can be found at www.mtsgsm.com <http://www.mtsgsm.com>.