EVR Evraz Plc

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Evraz Group S.A.
29 December 2005




29.12.2005
Luxembourg

              EGM of shareholders approves appointment of new CEO

Luxembourg, December 29, 2005 - Evraz Group S.A. (LSE: EVR), one of the leading
vertically integrated steel production and mining businesses with operations
mainly in Russia, is pleased to announce that, further to its announcement of 9
December 2005, the resolutions proposed at today's Extraordinary General Meeting
were duly passed.

The shareholders approved the appointment of Valery Khoroshkovsky as the
administrateur delegue / delegue a la gestion journaliere, or Chief Executive
Officer, of the Company, with effect from January 1, 2006, and passed the
resolution on the amounts of the remuneration to Company's CEO and the Chairman
of the Board of Directors for 2006.

Copies of the resolutions have been submitted to the UK Listing Authority, and
will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing Authority's Document
Viewing Facility, which is situated at:

UK Listing Authority
Financial Services Authority
25 The North Colonnade
Canary Wharf
London
E14 5HS
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For further information:

Evraz Group                                    Merlin
Corporate Affairs and Investor Relations       Michael Rummel
Irina Kibina                                   Lachlan Johnston
Tel: +7 495232 1370                            Maria Suleymanova
IR@evraz.com                                   Tel: +44 207 653 6620
www.evraz.com                                  msuleymanova@merlinpr.com

      
Notes to Editors

Evraz Group S.A. is one of the largest vertically-integrated steel and mining
businesses with operations mainly in Russia. In 2004, Evraz Group produced 13.7
million tonnes of crude steel.

Evraz Group's principal assets include three of the leading steel plants in
Russia: Nizhny Tagil (NTMK) in the Urals region and West Siberian (ZapSib) and
Novokuznetsk (NKMK) in Siberia. During 2005, Evraz acquired Palini & Bertoli in
Italy and Vitkovice Steel in the Czech Republic.

Evraz Group's fast-growing mining businesses comprise Evrazruda, the
Kachkanarsky (KGOK) and Vysokogorsky (VGOK) iron ore mining complexes and
NeryungriUgol coal company and equity interests in the Raspadskaya coal mine and
Yuzhkuzbassugol. The mining assets enable Evraz Group to be a
vertically-integrated steel producer.

Evraz Group also owns and operates the Nakhodka commercial sea port, in the Far
East of Russia, which facilitates access to Asian export markets.



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