Moscow. April 16, 2008 More than 1,500 delegates including the leading international investors, Russian corporate executives and government officials will gather in Moscow June 16-18 for the premier Russia-focused investor conference of the year.

The event, Renaissance Capital's 12th Annual Investor Conference, will feature Tony Blair, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1997-2007), Dr Henry Kissinger, Chairman, Kissinger Associates, CEOs of the biggest international companies and top-level Russian government officials. Investors will hear presentations from and interact with top executives from dozens of leading Russian companies. Renaissance Capital expects to arrange more than 2,000 one-on-one meetings between investors and Russian corporates during the conference.

The conference is organized around the theme "Russia: Power in Renewal."

"This conference comes at a time of unprecedented investor interest in Russia's capital markets," said Renaissance Capital CEO Alexander Pertsovsky. "As the largest and most successful Russian investment bank, Renaissance Capital is ideally positioned to bring together investors from all over the world and Russia's leading companies."

Renaissance Capital is also organizing regional site visits for investors to St. Petersburg, Chelyabinsk, Volgograd and the Perm region.

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