Appointment of Joint Corporate Broker

18 July 2012

RUSPETRO plc ("RusPetro")

Appointment of Joint Corporate Broker

18 July 2012 - RusPetro PLC (RusPetro) is pleased to announce that it has appointed Goldman Sachs International as joint corporate broker alongside Bank of America Merrill Lynch with immediate effect.

For further information please contact:

Dominic Manley

Director of Investor Relations

0207 318 1265

dmanley@ruspetro.com

RusPetro plc Overview:

RusPetro plc is an independent oil & gas development and production company, listed on the

premium segment of the London Stock Exchange (LSE: RPO). The Company's operations are located

on three contiguous licence blocks in the middle of the Krasnoleninsk Arch in Western Siberia.

RusPetro's assets include proved and probable (2P) reserves of over 1.5 billion barrels of oil.

For further information about the company please refer to our website at www.ruspetro.com