MMC Norilsk Nickel Asks Major Shareholders to Approve Publication of 2010 AGM Voting Ballots

Moscow, July 27, 2010 - MMC Norilsk Nickel (hereinafter the Company or MMC)  wishes to announce that, due to speculation in the Russian and international media concerning the results of  the  Annual General Shareholders Meeting,  which  took  place  on  June  28,  the  Company has asked its shareholders (Interros Holding Company and UC RUSAL) and depository (The Bank of New York International  Nominees) to approve publication of the 2010 AGM voting ballots on the corporate web-site www.nornik.ru.

The request has been sent today to representatives of UC RUSAL, Bonico Holdings Co.   Limited, Interros International Investments Limited, Montebella Holdings Limited, and The Bank of New York International Nominees.

The Company will also disclose information on AGM voting of MMC shares owned by its subsidiaries.

The Company believes that publication of these ballots will address speculation arising from the results of the 2010 AGM, and minimize the possibility of spurious interpretations of the voting results for the MMC Board of Directors.

Furthermore, the company also wishes to state that it is currently preparing ballot copies for those shareholders (UC RUSAL and Interros Holding Company) who provided requests for them. We hope that this will be completed within the shortest possible timeframe, after which the documentation, which runs to 30 thousand pages, will be immediately provided to the aforementioned shareholders.

ABOUT MMC NORILSK NICKEL:

MMC Norilsk Nickel, a company incorporated under the laws of the Russian Federation, is the largest diversified mining and metals company in Russia, the world's largest producer of nickel and palladium and one of the world's largest producers of platinum, rhodium, copper and cobalt. In addition to this, MMC Norilsk Nickel produces a large number of other by-products, including gold, silver, tellurium, selenium, iridium and ruthenium.

The key production units of the Company’s group in Russia are at the Polar and Kola Peninsulas. MMC Norilsk Nickel international assets include operations in Finland, USA, Australia, Botswana and South Africa.

MMC Norilsk Nickel’s shares are traded at MICEX and RTS. ADR’s on the Company’s shares are traded on the other the counter market in the US and at the London and Berlin stock exchanges.