Rosneft has received awards at the 11th Annual Federal Contest of Annual Reports and Websites, a joint initiative of the Securities Market magazine, the Russian Economic Development Ministry and MICEX since 1998.

Rosneft has recently won three nominations at the 11th Annual Reports Contest held by the Russian Trading System stock exchange.

This year, Rosneft ranked 2nd in the S&P Russian Companies Transparency and Disclosure Survey, compared to the 10th place in 2007.

Rosneft ranked 2nd in the S&P Transparency and Disclosure Survey 2008 (Russia) published on November 13, which marks the Company’s significant progress over the last several years (12th in 2006; 10th in 2007).

Rosneft President Sergey Bogdanchikov joined a delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Igor Sechin on a visit to Venezuela.