29 January 2019

Volga Gas plc

('Volga Gas', the 'Company' or the 'Group')

Shareholding of director and person closely associated with a director

Volga Gas plc, the oil and gas exploration and production group operating in the Volga Region of Russia, announces that it was notified that on 25 January 2019, Vlarenhill Limited ('Vlarenhill'), a company beneficially owned by Vladimir Koshcheev, a non-executive director of Volga Gas, and Efim Zadov, a person closely associated with Vladimir Koshcheev, transferred 269,210 ordinary shares of 1p each ('Ordinary Shares') representing approximately 0.32 per cent of the outstanding share capital of the Company, to Vladimir Koshcheev, and 280,790 Ordinary Shares representing approximately 0.35 per cent of the outstanding share capital of the Company to Efim Zadov. As a result of the transfers, Vlarenhill no longer has any interest in the Ordinary Shares.

Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) Disclosure

Certain information contained in this announcement would have been deemed inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 until the release of this announcement.

The notifications below, made in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail on the directors' dealing in the Ordinary Shares.

**ENDS**

1

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

Vlarenhill Ltd

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PCA of Vladimir Koshcheev, a director of the Company

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Volga Gas plc

b)

LEI

2138005MSA4Q6W8E1R48

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 1 p each

Identification code

GB00B1VN4809

b)

Nature of the transaction

Transfer of ordinary shares to beneficial owners

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil

550,000

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

550,000

nil

e)

Date of the transaction

25 January 2019

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue.

1

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

Vladimir Koshcheev

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PDMR - non-executive director

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Volga Gas plc

b)

LEI

2138005MSA4Q6W8E1R48

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 1 p each

Identification code

GB00B1VN4809

b)

Nature of the transaction

Transfer of ordinary shares to beneficial owners

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil

269,210

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

269,210

nil

e)

Date of the transaction

25 January 2019

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue.

1

Details of PDMR/person closely associated with them ('PCA')

a)

Name

Efim Zadov

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

PCA of Vladimir Koshcheev, a director of the Company

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

Initial Notification

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

Volga Gas plc

b)

LEI

2138005MSA4Q6W8E1R48

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Ordinary shares of 1 p each

Identification code

GB00B1VN4809

b)

Nature of the transaction

Transfer of ordinary shares to beneficial owners

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Nil

280,790

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

280,790

nil

e)

Date of the transaction

25 January 2019

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue.

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