St Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF) 2010: New formats and Smart Services Boosted Results of the Event

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, July 26, 2010 - The final meeting of the Forum's Organisational Committee has
been held where some of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum's
results were announced.

PARTICIPANTS

In 2010, over 4,200 participants from 87 countries attended the Forum
(2009: 3,561 participants from 83 countries).

Participants in the Forum's official program included over 80 heads of
major international companies, e.g. Lukoil, RUSAL, Mechel, Gazprom, Deutsche
Bank , Microsoft International, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Eni S.p.A., Ernst
& Young Global, Bank of Israel and etc.

More details: www.forumspb.com/en/spief_2010/participants

The Forum was also attended by official delegations from 80 countries.

Furthermore, 1,134 media representatives from 24 countries took part in
the event

BUSINESS PROGRAMME

    The Program included 42 events (2009: 30):

    - 2 plenary sessions: The World under Change and Rethinking Global
      Economic Trends

    - 26 panel sessions,

    - 6 round tables

    The following events were held in a new format:

    - CNBC televised debate

    - 2 Industry Breakfasts

    - 5 briefings

    - a meeting of the Russian Federation Commission on Modernization and
      Technical Development

All in all, 346 moderators, speakers and discussion participants took
part in the Forum (2009: 268).

SMART SERVICES

Deep Dive

Forum participants enjoyed the opportunity to use a new smart service -
Deep Dive (deepdive.forumspb.com). It provided information on Forum sessions
and "Fast Facts" - trends and digital and chart analyses.

Forum on your iPad. The Forum's television network

Live TV broadcasts, Forum sessions, event broadcasts and information
sessions were available on a wide variety of mobile devices for participants
and journalists. Special websites and applications were developed for the
latest generation of mobile devices, including iPads and iPhones.

Moreover, participants and journalists were able to watch broadcasts
Telemarker panels and Online and Offline modes on the Forum Web site
www.forumspb.com (the Broadcasts section).

AGREEMENTS

During the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2010, 47
investment agreements were signed for a total of 338 billion rubles (2009: 14
agreements for around 220 billion rubles), including:

    - 18 investment contracts (agreements) totalling 275.6 billion rubles.

The largest investment project boosted by the Forum was a 65 billion
ruble cooperation agreement signed by St. Petersburg and RusHydro for joint
implementation of Energy projects .

    - 4 merger agreements totalling 60 billion roubles

    - 27 memorandums of intent, one of them envisaging a 1.8 billion ruble
      deal

    More details: www.forumspb.com/en/spief_2010/programm.

    Irina Suhova
    Deputy Director
    Head of PR and Media teams
    Moscow office Senior Manager
    Tel.: +7-499-697-23-73
    Fax: +7-499-795-66-15
    E-mail: irina.suhova@forumspb.com

Irina Suhova, Deputy Director, Head of PR and Media teams, Moscow office Senior Manager,
Tel.: + 7-499-697-23-73, Fax: + 7 499 795 66 15, E-mail: irina.suhova at forumspb.com