On the Futures and Options on RTS market (FORTS) a number of trades on futures contracts hit record high.

Ordinary shares of PJSC Belon will stop trading on the RTS Classic and T+0 Markets (Classic Market ticker – BLNG, T+0 Market ticker – BLNGG), due to the issuer’s information on the state registration of the ordinary shares issue (state registration number 1-06-10167-F) placed through conversion after share split.

Over the week of October 13th- 17th, 2008, RTS Index went down by 20,97% and reached 667,62 points (844,75 points as of October 10th, 2008). Leaders of negative impact on RTS Index became ОАО "LUKOIL" ordinary shares (LKOH) (-49,97 points), Gazprom ordinary shares (GAZP) (-36,62 points), Sberbank (SBER) ordinary shares (-23,91 points).

In accordance with the instruction of Federal Financial Markets Service, trading on the RTS Stock Exchange shall be suspended for 1 hour in the following cases:

A futures contract on Brent crude oil was launched on Futures and Options on RTS – FORTS market. The contract code on the trading system is BR. RTS is the Russian Trading System, Moscow’s leading international exchange.

According to the latest FI Magazine rating compiled by experts from the Futures Industry Magazine, one of the world's major professional associations of derivatives exchanges, on the basis of the results of the first half of 2008, the RTS gold futures, apart from being one of the world's top 20 bullion contracts by the trading volume, is the fastest growing bullion derivative instrument in the world.

In compliance with the Clearing rules and the Provision on the Guarantee fund approved on July 30th, 2008 CJSC "RTS Clearing Center" begins to perform clearing of equity trades.

Together with the current standard T+4 settlement, RTS now provides Т+1, Т+2 and Т+3 settlement for negotiated (direct, non-anonymous) trades concluded with the CCP on the RTS stock market.

Over the week of September 15th – 19th, 2008, the RTS Index went down by 3,42% to reach 1295,91 points (1341,75 points as of September 12th, 2008). Most of the negative impact on the Index dynamics was related to the falling prices for JSC "NOVATEK" ordinary shares (NVTK) (minus 13,03 points), OJSC "Polyus Gold" ordinary shares (PLZL) (minus 11,64 points) and Sberbank ordinary shares (SBER) (minus 10,52 points).

OJSC "Russian Trading System" Stock Exchange launches a unique project called RTS Global. RTS Global is a regulated OTC market for foreign securities. RTS Global enables Russian investors to access foreign securities in an easy and effective way. The project provides quotations for overseas securities, execution of OTC trades of foreign securities via the RTS Electronic Document Circulation System and settlement of such trades in the Depository Clearing Company.

In August 2008 RTS Index went down by 16,30%, as compared to the end of July 2008, and by the end of the trading session of August 29th, 2008 reached 1 646,14 points against 1 966,68 points as of the end of the previous month.

From September 15 to December 12, 2008 a new list of the RTS Index constituents, approved by the Information Committee of OJSC "RTS", will be in effect.