Amsterdam and New York (August 26, 2010) - “VimpelCom Ltd” (“VimpelCom” or the “Company”) (NYSE: VIP), a leading international provider of telecommunications services, today announced that it will webcast the conference call on its second quarter 2010 operating and financial results on Thursday, September 2, 2010, at  4:30 pm CET, (10:30 am US ET).

The conference call will be hosted by Alexander Izosimov, President and Chief Executive Officer, VimpelCom Ltd. He will be joined by:

• Henk van Dalen, Chief Financial Officer, VimpelCom Ltd.;
• Elena Shmatova, General Director, Head of Russian operations;
• Martin Furuseth, Chief Marketing Officer, Russian operations;
• Dmitry Kromsky, Head of  the CIS operations;
• Taras Parkhomenko, Chief Marketing Officer, Ukrainian operations; and
• Alexey Subbotin, Head of Investor Relations, VimpelCom Ltd.

The press release announcing the Company’s second quarter 2010 operating and financial results will be available on the Company's web site, located at https://www.vimpelcom.com, prior to the conference call.

The call and slide presentation may be accessed via webcast at https://www.vimpelcom.com.

US call-in number:                + 1 888-206-4913
International call-in number:  + 1 913-312-0382

The conference call replay and the slide presentation webcast will be available through September 9, 2010 and October 2, 2010, respectively. The slide presentation will also be available for download on the Company's website.

US Replay Number:                +1 888-203-1112       Confirmation Code:  7704318
International Replay Number:  +1 719-457-0820       Confirmation Code:  7704318