Directorate Change

5 February 2014

Ruspetro plc ("Ruspetro" or the "Company")

Changes to Board Committee Composition

London, 5 February 2014: Ruspetro plc (LSE: RPO) announces that following the management changes announced earlier this year, a Board Meeting of the Company's Directors was held on 30th January 2014, at which the following Board Committee appointments were made, all effective from 30th January 2014:

· Robert Jenkins has been appointed Senior Independent Non-Executive Director.

· Independent Non-Executive Director, Maurice Dijols has been appointed Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit Committee.

· Independent Non-Executive Director, Robert Jenkins and Independent Non-Executive Director, Frank Monstrey have been appointed members of the Nomination Committee.

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About Ruspetro

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 assets include proved and probable (2P) reserves of over 1.8 billion barrels of oil equivalent.