Moscow, December 10, 2003 - OAO RBC Information Systems (RTS, MICEX: RBCI) has been named the 43rd on the Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 2003 European Technology Fast 500 rating list. The results of the rating were announced at an award ceremony in London. In 2002, RBC was ranked the 72nd. The company achieved a 2,112% growth on average over the past five years. Italian-based Tiscali was named the first with an average annual growth of 56,769% over a five-year period.

The rating is composed by Deloitte's Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Group, which is part of the international audit and consulting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. The European Technology Fast 500 list is compiled from the following three sources: 1) regional Fast 50 winners in Europe, which are automatically submitted for Fast 500 consideration, 2) nominations submitted directly to the European Technology Fast 500, and 3) from public company database research.

The average rate of growth across the ranking as a whole more than doubled since last year from 528% to a remarkable 1,218%. Software companies demonstrated rapid growth rates as well. They accounted for 42.6% of entrants in the rating list this year, against 36% in 2002.

Investor contact: Natalia Makeeva
Tel: +7 (095) 363-1111 (ext. 1369), e-mail: ir@rbc.ru, Web: www.rbcinfosystems.com.