Moscow, 20 October 2005. In the annual "Russia's Top Business Leaders" rating conducted by the Institutional Investor Magazine, a leading international business publication, Chairman of the Management Board of RAO "UES of Russia" Anatoly Chubais was named, for a second consecutive year, Russia's Top Business Leader in electricity industry.

The results of the "Russia's Top Business Leaders" rating are based on a poll of readers of the Institutional Investor Magazine, including key analysts and major international institutional investors. The leaders are determined for the following seven sectors: utilities, oil and gas, financial services, telecommunications, industrials, metals & mining, and consumer.