Igor Sechin, Rosneft President and the Chairman of the Management Board today had a working meeting with the Governor of Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District-Yugra Natalia Komarova.

The parties have discussed a broad scope of issues related to Rosneft business operations in Yugra region, as well as cooperation between the Company and Yugra Government in dealing with the social issues in the region.

Considering growing presence of Rosneft in the region the parties agreed to expand cooperation on strategic activities and signed a respective agreement.

To implement the agreements reached during the meeting the parties established a bilateral working group for joint projects implementation, chaired by the State Secretary, Vice President of Rosneft L.V. Kalanda. Other Rosneft representatives in the working group include the Vice President A.N. Shishkin, Deputy Director of Gas Projects Department N.S. Eliseyev, Director of Exploration and Licensing Department S.I. Bachin, General Director of OAO RN-Yuganskneftegas I.A. Zherzh, First Deputy Director of Oil Refining Development Department P.A. Degtyarev, General Director ООО RN-Aero D.Y. Nyrkov. Representatives of KMAD-Yugra include First Deputy Governor A.M. Kim, Deputy Governor of KMAD G.F. Bukhtin, Deputy Governor of KMAD А.А. Putin, Acting Director of Subsoil Use Department of KMAD S.G. Kuzmenkov.

The group will coordinate the implementation of joint projects between Rosneft and the District Government and will address the issues of ongoing cooperation.

As part of the social programs implemented by the Company in the region Rosneft assumed an additional obligation to provide assistance to Svyatozar orphanage that is based in Nefteyugansk.

It was noted during the meeting that Yugra was one of the key regions for Rosneft and that the meetings between the Company management and the District leaders would be held on a regular basis.

Rosneft Information Division, January 25, 2013