OREANDA-NEWS  On 30 October was announced, that as of October 29th, 2008 the maximum amount of securities that can be accepted from a Clearing Member as initial margin will be as follows:

"LUKOIL" ordinary shares  62 000

OJSC "MMC "NORILSK NICKEL" ordinary shares  5 600

Sberbank ordinary shares  1 300 000

Surgutneftegas ordinary shares  1 300 000

OJSC "OC "Rosneft" ordinary shares  230 000

Gazprom ordinary shares  1 400 000

JSC VTB Bank ordinary shares  200 000 000

For further information, please contact the RTS Public Relations Department at +7(495)705-9031, 500-3840.