Russia is Getting Ready for IPOs

Institute for Development of Financial Markets is Holding IPO&SPO-2010 Forum in Moscow

MOSCOW, September 17, 2010 - The Forum is the biggest Russian annual event designed to address IPO
challenges and prospects for Russian companies which will be held on
September 23, 2010 at Valdaysky Conference Hall, Marriott Moscow Tverskaya
Hotel.

With Russian IPO market increasing, the Forum will continue the dialogue
about issues of attracting capital in Russia at a drastically new level. The
key difference of this year's Forum is discussing totally new experience in
IPO organizing. Forum participants will have the opportunity to get
information about further IPO market development from regulators, stock
exchanges (both Russian and foreign ones), financial consultants and issuers
themselves. The Forum will also give an overview of new financial products
and instruments offered to Russian issuers. Special attention will be paid to
new services designed to encourage IPOs by mid-caps.

IPO&SPO-2010 Forum speakers and participants are professionals involved
in IPO and SPO processes - representatives of the Federal Financial Markets
Service, Bank of Russia, Russian Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economic
Development, Federal Antimonopoly Service, as well as issuers, bank
underwriters, legal and consulting companies, rating agencies, investment
companies, and, most importantly, a number of stock exchanges - both Russian
and foreign ones.

The organizer of the Forum is the Institute for Development of Financial
Markets.

PR Newswire Europe (officially represented by Alexandre Bykov) is a News
Distribution Partner of the Forum

Please find more information on the Forum's official website
www.ipoandspo.ru/en/ or contact Anastasia Pogrebitskaya for all
questions (pogrebitskaya@irfr.ru /+7(495)911-67-00 (ext. 112)).

Please find more information on the Forum's official website www.ipoandspo.ru/en/ or contact Anastasia Pogrebitskaya for all questions (pogrebitskaya at irfr.ru /+7(495)911-67-00 (ext. 112)).