"Kommersant" (Moscow), May 16, 2002

announces the state registration of the prospectus on the issue of registered non-documentary shares allocated through an open subscription.

The issue was registered with the regional department of the Federal Commission for the Securities Market of Russia in the Central Federal District on March 27, 2002 and granted state registration No.1-04-05214-A. The prospectus was registered with the regional department of the Federal Commission for the Securities Market of Russia in the Central Federal District on May 6, 2002. The nominal value of one share of the issue is 0.001 rubles.

The first date of the allocation of the share issue is April 16, 2002. The last date of the allocation of the share issue in April 18, 2002. The number of shares placed is 16,000,000 (sixteen million) shares. The number of shares placed and paid for in rubles is 16,000,000 (sixteen million) shares. The IPO price is 25.86 rubles (twenty five rubles and eighty six kopecks) per share. The percentage of shares placed is 100%.

All interested persons and potential investors can familiarize themselves with the share issue prospectus of OJSC RBC Information Systems and receive all necessary information at the following address: Bld. 1, 78, Profsoyuznaya str., Moscow, 117420, Russia, tel.: +007 095 363 1111 or on the Internet at www.RBC.ru. More detailed information about the terms and conditions of the share issue was published in the Supplement to the Vestnik of the Federal Commission for the Securities Market of Russia.