Led by Andrey Kruglov, Deputy Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee and Head of Gazprom’s Finance and Economics Department, the Company’s delegation today completed a visit to the Asia Pacific region, holding a range of meetings with leading finance and investment institutes of Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and China.

In the course of the meetings, Gazprom’s representatives were informing investors of the latest corporate developments and addressing Gazprom’s strategic plans, financial plans for 2005 inclusive.

The meetings were arranged by ABN AMRO and UBS.

The meetings with Japanese and Chinese investors took place for the 1st time, signaling increasing significance of capital market data for Gazprom.

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On 8 December 2004, Moody’s Investors Service raised Gazprom’s investment ranking to Baa3.

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