OREANDA-NEWS. June 01, 2009.  Dear representatives of the media, investment and finance companies!

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

The Press Conferences to be taking place from June 9 through June 25 are as follows:

June 9 – Gas Supply to Domestic Market. Electronic Trading Platform Operation. 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, Mezhregiongaz.

June 10 – Gazprom’s Power Generation Strategy.

Participants:
Kirill Seleznev, Member of the Management Committee, Head of the Gas and Liquid Hydrocarbons Marketing and Processing Department, Gazprom, Director General, Mezhregiongaz;
Denis Fyodorov, Head of the Directorate for Power Sector Development and Marketing in Power Generation, Gazprom, Director General, Gazoenergeticheskaya Kompaniya.

June 16 – Mineral and Raw Material Base Development. Gas Production. Gas Transmission System Development.

Participants:
Alexander Ananenkov, 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;
Vasily Podyuk, 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 Strategic Development Department, Gazprom.

June 17 – Gazprom in Eastern Russia, Entry into Asia-Pacific Markets.

Participants:
Alexander Ananenkov, 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;
Vasily Podyuk, 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 Strategic Development Department, Gazprom;
Stanislav Tsygankov, Head of the International Business Department, Gazprom;
Viktor Timoshilov, Head of the East-Oriented Project Coordination Directorate, Gazprom.

June 23 – Gas Export and Enhancement of Supply Reliability.

Participants:
Alexander Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom, Director General, Gazprom export;
Stanislav Tsygankov, Head of the International Business Department, Gazprom.

June 25 – 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 Chairman of the Management Committee, Chief Accountant, Gazprom;
Elena Karpel, Head of the Pricing and Economic Expert Analysis Department, Gazprom;
Nina Lobanova, Head of the Tax Policy Directorate, Gazprom.

The Press Conferences will commence at 11 am.

The Press Conferences will be held at Gazprom’s Headquarters located at: 16 Nametkina Street:
on June 9, 10, 16 and 17 – in the Conference Hall (CD Building, Floor 2);
on June 23 and 25 – in the Press Center (CD Building, Room 332).

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 bear editorial IDs or passports.

Telephone numbers for media, investment company representatives and investment bank analysts accreditation:

+7 (495) 719-11-43 (Mikhail Krasnov); +7 (495) 719-34-77 (Irina Komarova).

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

On June 26 Gazprom’s annual General Shareholders Meeting will be followed by the final Press Conference involving the Gazprom’s Board of Directors Chairman and the Gazprom’s Management Committee Chairman.

During the Press Conferences and the Shareholders Meeting you are welcome to enjoy the unprecedented opportunity to access the Internet via Wi-Fi.

During June 9-25 all the Press Conferences of Gazprom’s top management will be broadcast live over the Internet at www.gazpromvideo.ru in the Russian and English languages, with the Speech by Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee at the Shareholders Meeting and the final Press Conference to be webcast on June 26.

The audio broadcasting of the said events and the statement by Alexey Miller will be available in Russian and in English via the following telephone 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.