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February 1 2006 18:00

BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADDRESSES MATTERS RELATIVE TO HOLDING ANNUAL GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

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

The Board resolved to convene the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting of Gazprom on 30 June 2006 in Moscow.

The list of shareholders entitled to participate in the Shareholders’ Meeting will be drawn up on the basis of the OAO Gazprom shareholders’ register as of the end of the operation day of May 12, 2006.

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

The issues included by the Board in the Shareholders’ Meeting Agenda are as follows: approval of the Annual Report and accounting statements (including profit & loss accounts); approval of the distribution of profit based on the results of 2005; the amount of, time for and form of payment of annual dividend; election of members of the Board of Directors and Audit Commission; approval of auditor; introduction of amendments and additions to the Charter; remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors and Audit.

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

1.

Akimov Andrey Igorevich

Chairman of the Management Committee, AB Gazprombank Ltd.

2.

Ananenkov Alexander Georgiyevich

Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, OAO Gazprom

3.

Androsov Kirill Gennadiyevich

Deputy Minister for Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation

4.

Bergmann Burckhard

Chairman of the Management Committee, E.ON Ruhrgas AG.

5.

Foresman Bob

Managing Director, Head of Investment banking in Russia, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein

6.

Fyodorov Boris Grigoriyevich

Doctor of Science in Economics

7.

Gazizullin Farit Rafikovich

Member of the Board of Director of OAO Gazprom

8.

Glazer Sergey Fyodorovich

Director, Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd.

9.

Gref German Oskarovich

Economic Development and Trade Minister of the Russian Federation

10.

Karpel Elena Yevgeniyevna

Head of Economic Expertise and Pricing Department, OAO Gazprom

11.

Khristenko Viktor Borisovich

Industry and Energy Minister of the Russian Federation

12.

Kleyner Vadim Georgiyevich

Director of Corporate Research, Hermitage Capital Management

13.

Kuznetsov Vladimir Viktorovich

Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Energy

14.

Medvedev Dmitry Anatoliyevich

First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation

15.

Medvedev Yury Mitrofanovich

Deputy Head of the Federal Property Management Agency

16.

Miller Alexey Borisovich

Chairman of the Management Committee, OAO Gazprom

17.

Neyolov Yury Vasiliyevich

Governor of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area

18.

Novikov Sergey Gennadiyevich

Head of the Federal Service for Tariffs

19.

Oganesyan Sergey Aramovich

Head of the Federal Agency for Energy

20.

Ryan Charles Emmitt

Chairman of the Board of Directors & CEO, United Financial Group

21.

Ryazanov Alexander Nikolayevich

Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, OAO Gazprom

22.

Sereda Mikhail Leonidovich

Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Head of Administration, OAO Gazprom

23.

Shcherbovich Ilya Viktorovich

President, United Financial Group

24.

Shokhin Alexander Nikolayevich

Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Renaissance Capital

25.

Warnig Matthias

Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dresdner Bank, Chairman of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Management Committee for Russia and CIS

26.

Yusufov Igor Khanukovich

Special Envoy of the Russian Federation President for International Energy Cooperation

INFORMATION DIVISION, OAO GAZPROM