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Ruspetro plc

Ruspetro plc Announces Offering of Senior Secured Notes

London, 25 January, 2013

Ruspetro plc (the "Issuer") announced today that it has commenced an offering of senior secured notes. Proceeds from the offering will be used to repay Ruspetro's senior term loan and for general corporate purposes.

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Investors / Analysts:Dominic Manley, Ruspetro+44 207 318 1265

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About Ruspetro

Ruspetro plc is an independent oil & gas development and production company, listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: RPO). The Company's operations are located on three contiguous license blocks in the middle of the Krasnoleninsk Arch in Western Siberia. Ruspetro assets include proved and probable (2P) reserves of over 1.5 billion barrels of oil.

The information contained herein is not for publication or distribution, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States of America, Canada, Japan, Australia and Italy. The materials do not constitute an offer of securities for sale in the United States, nor may the securities be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration as provided in the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder. There is no intention to register any portion of the offering in the United States of America or to conduct a public offering of securities in the United States of America.

The information contained herein shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the securities referred to herein in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration, exemption from registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

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