Moscow, Russia – 2 March 2018 – Sistema PJSFC (“Sistema” or the “Corporation”) (LSE: SSA, MOEX: AFKS) a publicly traded diversified Russian holding company, announces that the Board of Directors of Sistema today has appointed Andrey Dubovskov as President of Sistema. Andrey Dubovskov will leave his position as President of PJSC MTS and assume his new position at Sistema on 13 March 2018.

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