ABN AMRO and Renaissance Capital have launched analytical coverage of LSR Group. 
ABN AMRO analysts John Messenger and Rogier Quirijns have set the target price for LSR Group’s GDRs at US$ 17 with a ‘Buy’ recommendation.
The analysts of Renaissance Capital, Alexei Yazykov and Alexander Vengranovich have issued an analytical report with a ‘Buy’ recommendation and a target price of US$ 18.2/GDR.
One of the most positive factors for evaluating the company, according to the analysts of both investment banks, is its integrated business model combining real estate development and building materials production, which largely protects LSR from construction cost inflation.

NOTES TO EDITORS:
OJSC LSR Group is a diversified construction company founded in 1993 and operating in a number of complementary market segments. Its core business areas are building materials, construction and real estate development. The Group includes enterprises for extraction and processing of aggregates,  production and transportation of building materials, and housing construction – from mass market large-panel housing to elite property built after designs made by leading domestic and foreign architects. 
LSR Group has operations and offices in a number of cities in the Leningrad Oblast, in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine and Germany.
LSR Group employs over 15,000 people. In 2005 and 2006 the revenues of LSR Group (according to IFRS statements) were RUB 13,085.5 million and RUB 21,110.8 million respectively. For the six months of 2007 the Group’s revenues amounted to RUB 16,062.0 million compared to RUB 9,336.4 million for the same period last year.
In July 2007, Moody’s Investors Service assigned a B1 rating to LSR Group; outlook – stable. In November 2007, OJSC LSR Group implemented an IPO. In December 2007, LSR Group was bestowed a National Award in the field of business as ‘The Company of the Year’ in the ‘Construction’ category.