A Board of Directors’ meeting has commenced at the Gazprom Headquarters.

The Board of Directors resolved to convene the Annual General Shareholders Meeting of Gazprom on June 29, 2007 in Moscow.

The list of persons and legal entities entitled to take part in the Shareholders Meeting will be drawn up based on the Gazprom Register of Shareholders to be filed up by the end of the May 11, 2007 business day.

The Board of Directors also approved a list of nominees for the Gazprom Board of Directors and Audit Commission, to be voted for at the Shareholders Meeting.

The items included by the Board of Directors in the Shareholders Meeting Agenda are as follows: approval of the Annual Report and Accounting Statements (Profit & Loss Statements inclusive); approval of the distribution of profit based on the results of 2006; the amount, time and form of payment of dividends based on the results of 2006; election of the Board of Directors and Audit Commission Members; approval of an auditor; remuneration of the Board of Directors and Audit Commission Members.

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The list of nominees for the Gazprom Board of Directors to be voted for at the Annual General Shareholders Meeting:

1.	Akimov Andrey Igorevich	Chairman of the Management Board, ZAO AB Gazprombank
2.	Ananenkov Alexander Georgiyevich	Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, OAO Gazprom
3.	Bergmann Burckhard	Board Chairman, E.ON Ruhrgas AG
4.	Foresman Robert Mark	Deputy Managing Director, Renaissance Capital
5.	Fyodorov Boris Grigoriyevich	PhD in Economics
6.	Gazizullin Farit Rafikovich	Member of the Board of Directors, OAO Gazprom
7.	Gref German Oskarovich	Economic Development and Trade Minister of the Russian Federation
8.	Karpel Elena Yevgeniyevna	Head of the Economic Expertise and Pricing Department, OAO Gazprom
9.	Khristenko Viktor Borisovich	Industry and Energy Minister of the Russian Federation
10.	Medvedev Dmitry Anatoliyevich	First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation
11.	Medvedev Yury Mitrofanovich	Deputy Head of the Federal Property Management Agency
12.	Miller Alexey Borisovich	Chairman of the Management Committee, OAO Gazprom
13.	Nikolayev Viktor Borisovich	President, Saint-Petersburg Stock-Exchange
14.	Oganesyan Sergey Aramovich	Head of the Federal Agency for Energy
15.	Potyomkin Alexander Ivanovich	President, ZAO Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange
16.	Sereda Mikhail Leonidovich	Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Head of Administration, OAO Gazprom
17.	Shokhin Alexander Nikolayevich	President, Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (Employers), Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Renaissance Capital
18.	Yasin Evgueny Grigoriyevich	Academic Supervisor, State University - Higher School of Economics
19.	Yusufov Igor Khanukovich	Special Envoy of the Russian Federation President for International Energy Cooperation