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(a private limited liability company incorporated under Dutch law) US$600,000,000 5.20% Notes due 2019 and US$1,000,000,000 5.95% Notes due 2023 and RUB12,000,000,000 9.00% Notes due 2018 irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by Open Joint Stock Company “Vimpel-Communications” (an Open Joint Stock Company incorporated in the Russian Federation) Issue Price: 100.0% VimpelCom Holdings B.V., a private limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under Dutch law (the “Issuer”), is offering an aggregate principal amount of US$600,000,000 5.20% Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes”), US$1,000,000,000 5.95% Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes” and, together with the 2019 Notes, the “USD Notes”) and RUB12,000,000,000 9.00% Notes due 2018 (the “RUB Notes” and, together with the USD Notes, the “Notes”). Open Joint Stock Company “Vimpel-Communications” (the “Guarantor”or“OJSC VimpelCom”), the Issuer’s direct 100.0% (minus one share) owned subsidiary, has irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed the due and punctual payment of all amounts at any time becoming due and payable in respect of each of the USD Notes and the RUB Notes under the guarantees (the “Guarantees”) contained in the trust deeds relating to the Notes (the “Trust Deeds”). The Issuer has the option to terminate the Guarantees in certain circumstances, as described in “Terms and Conditions of the Notes.” The Issuer will pay interest on the 2019 Notes at an annual rate equal to 5.20%, on the 2023 Notes at an annual rate equal to 5.95% and on the RUB Notes at an annual rate equal to 9.00%. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrear on February 13 and August 13 in each year, commencing on August 13, 2013. Payments on the Notes (including payments by a Guarantor under each Guarantee or otherwise under each Trust Deed) will be made without deduction for or on account of taxes of the Netherlands or the Russian Federation, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In such event, the Issuer or (as the case may be) the Guarantor will, subject to certain exceptions and limitations, pay additional amounts to the holder of any Note to the extent described under “Terms and Conditions of the Notes— Condition 8 (Taxation).” The 2019 Notes will be redeemed on February 13, 2019, the 2023 Notes will be redeemed on February 13, 2023 and the RUB Notes will be redeemed on February 13, 2018. The Issuer may redeem all of the Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, in the event of certain taxation changes. See “Terms and Conditions of the Notes—Redemption and Purchase—Condition 6(b) (Redemption by the Issuer for tax reasons).” The Notes will rank equally in right of payment with the Issuer’s other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. Each Guarantee will rank equally in right of payment to all existing and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Guarantor. This prospectus has been approved by the Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) as competent authority under Directive 2003/71/EC (the “Prospectus Directive”). Such approval relates only to the Notes which are to be admitted to trading on a regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2004/39/EC or which are to be offered to the public in any Member State of the European Economic Area. The Central Bank only approves this prospectus as meeting the requirements imposed under Irish and EU law pursuant to the Prospectus Directive. Application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange (the “Irish Stock Exchange”) for the Notes to be admitted to the official list (the “Official List”) and trading on its regulated market. No certainty can be given that the application will be granted. Furthermore, admission of the Notes to the Official List and trading on its regulated market is not an indication of the merits of the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Notes. This Prospectus constitutes a “prospectus” for the purposes of the Prospectus (Directive 2003/71/EC) Regulations 2005 (the “Prospectus Regulations”) which implement the Prospectus Directive in Ireland. References in this prospectus to Notes being “listed” (and all related references) shall mean that such Notes have been admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Irish Stock Exchange. There can be no assurance that a trading market in the Notes will develop or be maintained.