A regular meeting of the Gazprom Board of Directors will take place on April 24, at 3:00pm Moscow time. The meeting agenda will be as follows:

- On the results of Gazprom’s Investment Program implementation in 2008;

- On the operation of the risk management system in Gazprom and the major risks that the Company faces in the environment of the global financial crisis;

- On the execution status of long-term contracts for gas supply to industrial consumers of Russia;

- On the evaluation of nominees for the Company’s auditor to perform statutory annual auditing of the Company’s financial and economic activities.