V I R G I N I A

IN THE ARLINGTON COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

ALEXANDER KONANYKHINE

                                                Plaintiff,

vs.                                                                                                                          Law Number: 97-1139

IZVESTIA NEWSPAPER, et. al.

                                                Defendants.

JURY VERDICT

     We the jury in the case entitled Konanykhine vs. Izvestia Newspaper, et.al., award the following damages to Plaintiff Alexandre Konanykhine against Defendant Izvestia Newspaper and Defendant Editorial Staff of Izvestia Newspaper, jointly and severally in the amount of Thirty Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($33,500,000).

With regard to the amount listed above which we awarded to Plaintiff Konanykhine:

Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000) represents compensatory damages

and

Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000) represents punitive damages

Date: Dec. 13, 1999                                                                          Signed: by Jury Foreperson