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14 February 2011

On February 14, 2011 the VTB Supervisory Council held a meeting at which it resolved to authorize management to enter into negotiations with a view towards the gradual acquisition of up to a 100% interest in the charter capital of joint stock commercial bank Bank of Moscow (an open joint-stock company).

VTB President and Chairman of the Management Board, Mr. Andrey Kostin, noted that "the acquisition of the Bank of Moscow is consistent with the VTB strategy Road to 15 in terms of further capitalization of the Group and increase of its business efficiency."

VTB sees great synergy in the acquisition of the Bank of Moscow, both in terms of consolidating of its position in the corporate segment, and in relation to the development of its retail operations. If the Bank of Moscow is ultimately acquired, VTB will be able to (i) consolidate its presence in the Russian banking market and, in particular, in the lucrative Moscow region, (ii) provide access to the Moscow City government as a major customer, (iii) significantly increase the Group's number of branches, (iv) improve the Group's corporate business mix, (v) provide potential funding synergies and (vi) increase VTB's financial position in terms of deposits.

Since the beginning of 2002, the Group has acquired 13 banks: two in Russia (Guta Bank, Promstroybank), six in Europe and five in the CIS. The Group has also conducted several major business reorganization projects: the ongoing VTB North-West integration, migration of retail operations from VTB to VTB24, consolidation of two subsidiary banks in Ukraine and creation of a centralized European subholding company.

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