Stockholm, 2013-01-02 08:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  

Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd (“Vostok Nafta" or “The Company”) has between December 27 and December 28, 2012 repurchased 197,776 Swedish Depository Receipts (SDRs), at an average price of SEK 19.40. This represents 0.22% of the total number of outstanding SDRs of Vostok Nafta, before the buy-backs. The repurchased SDRs will be cancelled. After the cancellation of these and previously repurchased SDRs, the total number of outstanding SDRs of Vostok Nafta will be 89,719,279.

For further information please contact:

Robert Eriksson, Head of Investor Relations, Tel +46 8 545 015 50