Update on the implementation of Sistema's buyback programme

Moscow, Russia- August 13, 2012 - Sistema JSFC ("Sistema" or the "Company") (LSE: SSA), the largest diversified publicly-traded investment company in Russia and the CIS, today announces that during the period of August 2 - August 9, 2012 it has purchased 281 762 Sistema Global Depository Receipts (which accounts for approximately 0.06% of the Company's charter capital) and 1,986,000 Sistema ordinary shares (which accounts for approximately 0.02% of the Company's charter capital). The depository receipts and ordinary shares were purchased within the framework of the Company's buyback programme, announced on May 31, 2012.

The Company is not an investment company, and is not and will not be registered as such, under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940.

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Sistema is the largestdiversified publicly-traded investment company in Russia and the CIS, which invests in and is a major shareholder of companies serving over 100 million customers in the sectors of telecommunications, high technology, oil and energy, radars and aerospace, banking, retail, mass-media, tourism and healthcare services. Founded in 1993, the company reported revenues of US$ 7.9 billion for the first quarter of 2012, and total assets of US$ 47.3 billion as at March 31, 2012. Sistema's global depository receipts are listed under the symbol "SSA" on the London Stock Exchange. Sistema's ordinary shares are listed under the symbol "AFKS" on the MICEX-RTS Stock Exchange, and under the symbol "SIST" on the Moscow Stock Exchange (MSE). Sistema was ranked number 315 in the 2010 edition of the Fortune Global 500 list. Website: www.sistema.com

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