The new Board of Directors of VimpelCom, consists of:

Jo Lunder (Chairman of VimpelCom since October 2003, Chief Executive Officer of Ementor ASA, a director of VimpelCom since May 2002 and formerly served as the CEO of VimpelCom),

Mikhail Fridman (Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Consortium Alfa Group, a director of VimpelCom since July 2001),

David Haines (CEO of GROHE Water Technology, a new director of VimpelCom),

Arve Johansen (Senior Executive Vice President of Telenor, a director of VimpelCom since June 2003),

Pavel Kulikov (Managing Director of LLC "Alfa Telecom", a director of VimpelCom since May 2002),

Alexey Reznikovich (General Director of LLC "Alfa Telecom", a director of VimpelCom since May 2002),

Fridtjof Rusten (Senior Vice President of Telenor, a new director of VimpelCom),

Henrik Torgersen (Executive Vice-President of Telenor, a director of VimpelCom since January 1999),

Natalia Tsukanova (Vice President of J.P. Morgan, a director of VimpelCom since June 2003).

In addition, the shareholders approved mergers of several of VimpelCom's subsidiaries into VimpelCom. These mergers will be subject to various Russian regulatory approvals, and satisfaction of certain other conditions precedent, as well as the subsequent transfer of each of the licenses, frequencies and permissions held by the aforementioned subsidiaries to VimpelCom.

VimpelCom will submit a copy of the results of the AGM under separate cover of Form 6-K to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock Exchange. An electronic copy of the results of the AGM will be available for review on VimpelCom's web site in the "SEC Filings" section.

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