RBC was established in 1993 as an information agency specializing in financial and economic news. The Company continues to develop this business branch further and now issues around 1,300 different news and analytical materials per day covering all segments of the economy, as well as the activities of top Russian and foreign corporations, financial organizations and governmental institutions.

RBC offers a wide range of news lines, topic surveys, articles, press digests, news alerts, economic ratings, marketing and analytical research to its users.

RBC's information is broadcast via world leading news agencies, such as Bloomberg, COMTEX, Lexis-Nexis, Screaming Media, Reuters (Factiva), Tenfore and Internet Securities.

RBC developed a whole range of analytical software products and databases necessary for an in-depth capital market analysis, which are available for subscribers to RBC's paid resources and users of its financial and analytical terminal, QuoteTotal.

RBC actively develops marketing research department. The Company collects, systematizes and sells market research of the leading Russian companies, as well as its own surveys. Among the Company's 150 partners are leading Russian marketing agencies and Russian departments of Western consulting companies. RBC's online store, Market Research, is a number one distributor of market intelligence in Russia and the CIS.

In March 2006, RBC entered a rather large and dynamically growing Ukrainian media market by launching the information agency RBC Ukraine (www.rbc.ua). RBC Ukraine was established to provide the local audience with up-to-date news on economic and political life in Ukraine, the most important events in the CIS and other countries, along with analytical commentaries, information from financial markets, quotes and currency exchange rates. RBC also launched the daily online newspaper Utro-Ukraina (Morning Ukraine) that offers its readers a broad coverage of public, cultural and political events. Gradually, RBC will roll out to the Ukrainian market other Internet projects, which are successful in Russia.