OREANDA-NEWS. With the publication of the 2012 annual report and Q1 revenue update on April 25, 2013. Mail.Ru Group Limited (LSE: MAIL, hereinafter referred as "the Company" or "the Group"), announced that the board had approved a USD 30m GDR buying programme for the Employee Benefit Trust (the “EBT”). The EBT may acquire such number of GDRs as it sees fit up to a maximum total consideration of USD 30m. 

The company announces today that this buying programme was started on Friday, June 21 2013.