Moscow, August 19, 2004 - In August 2004, the first Russian business television channel became available for citizens of the Baltic States. As a result, the coverage of RBC TV, which is wholly owned by OAO RBC Information Systems (RTS, MICEX: RBCI), has expanded by more than 1.74 million viewer.

The First Baltic Channel and its subsidiary TEM TV, which will broadcast RBC TV's programs through its cable networks, have become the general distributors of channel in the Baltic States.

Russian business television RBC TV started its broadcasting in Latvia and Estonia on August 1, 2004. The channel will be on the air in Lithuania by the end of August 2004. According to preliminary data, more than 776,000 people will be able to watch RBC TV in Lithuania, some 540,000 people in Latvia and almost 440,000 people in Estonia.

"RBC TV's programs have been reaching their audience not only in Russia but also abroad and primarily in those states that have long-established economic relations with Russia," RBC TV General Director Artyom Inutin pointed out.

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As of August 2004, RBC TV's distribution amounted to about 37 million people. Programs of the Russian business television channel are available through cable and terrestrial broadcasting in 13 cities with a population of more than one million people, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg, Samara, Omsk, Kazan, Chelyabinsk, Rostov-on-Don, Ufa, Volgograd and Perm. In addition, RBC TB broadcasts in more than 20 industrial and business centers of Russia as well as in the CIS (Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus).

Investor contact: Natalia Makeeva
Tel: +7 (095) 363-1111 (ext. 1369), e-mail: ir@rbc.ru, Web: www.rbcinfosystems.com.