Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of AGM

22 April 2013

VOLGA GAS PLC

Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of Annual General Meeting

Volga Gas plc (the "Company"), the oil and gas exploration and production group operating in the Volga Region of Russia, announces that its Annual Report and Accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2012, including the Notice of Annual General Meeting ("AGM"), is now available on the Company's website at www.volgagas.comand has been posted to shareholders today.

The Company also confirms that its Annual General Meeting is to be held at 10.00 a.m. BST on 7 June 2013 at the London office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, 8th floor, 10 Bishops Square, London E1 6EG.

Included in the business of the AGM is a special resolution proposing amendments to the Company's Articles of Association which will enable the use by the Registrar of an electronic seal or electronic signatures on share certificates. The current Articles of Association do not provide for the use of an electronic seal or electronic signatures. The current Articles of Association and the proposed new Articles of Association will be available for inspection during business hours at the Company's registered office until the date of the AGM and on the day of the AGM itself. These documents are also available on the Company's website.

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