VimpelCom to Release Fourth Quarter and Annual 2009 Financial and Operating Results on Thursday, March 18, 2010

MOSCOW and NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Open Joint Stock Company "Vimpel-Communications" ("VimpelCom" or the "Company") (NYSE: VIP), a leading international provider of telecommunications services operating in Russia, the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and South-East Asia today announced that it will webcast its conference call on its fourth quarter and annual 2009 financial and operating results on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at 6:30 p.m. Moscow time (11:30 a.m. U.S. EDT).

The conference call will be hosted by Boris Nemsic, Chief Executive Officer, and Elena Shmatova, Chief Financial Officer. They will be joined by Alexander Torbakhov, General Director, Martin Furuseth, Chief Marketing Officer, Dmitry Pleskonos, Head of B2C Russia, Andrey Patoka, Head of B2B Russia and Dmitry Kromsky, Head of CIS Business.

The press release announcing the Company's fourth quarter and annual 2009 financial and operating results will be available on the Company's web site, located at http://www.vimpelcom.com, prior to the conference call.

The call and slide presentation may be accessed via webcast at http://www.vimpelcom.com.

The conference call replay and the slide presentation webcast will be available through March 25, 2010 and April 18, 2010, respectively. The slide presentation will also be available for download on the Company's website.

The VimpelCom Group consists of telecommunications operators providing voice and data services through a range of mobile, fixed and broadband technologies. The Group includes companies operating in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, Armenia, as well as Vietnam and Cambodia, in territories with a total population of about 340 million. VimpelCom was the first Russian company to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"). VimpelCom's ADSs are listed on the NYSE under the symbol "VIP".

SOURCE Vimpel-Communications