Statement re. Remuneration Committee Composition

Ruspetro plc

13 January 2014

Ruspetro plc ("Ruspetro" or the "Company")

Mr Maurice Dijols Appointed to Remuneration Committee

London, 13 January 2014: Ruspetro plc (LSE: RPO) announces today that Mr Maurice Dijols, an Independent Non-Executive Director of the Company, has been appointed by the Board to be a member of the Company's Remuneration Committee. He joins Mr Kirill Androsov and Mr Frank Monstrey on this committee.

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About Ruspetro

Ruspetro plc is an independent oil & gas development and production company, listed on the premium segment of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: RPO). The Company's operations are located on three contiguous licence blocks in the middle of the Krasnoleninsk Arch in Western Siberia. Ruspetro assets include proved and probable (2P) reserves of over 1.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent.