Exhibit 99.1

                 Metromedia International Group Inc.;
      Announces Notice from Trustee of Senior Discount Notes and
 Expresses Concern Regarding Company's Ability to Timely File Future
                           Reports with SEC

    CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 2005--Metromedia
International Group, Inc. (the "Company" or "MIG") (OTCBB:MTRM) (PINK
SHEETS:MTRMP), the owner of interests in various communications and
media businesses in the countries of Russia and Georgia, today
announced that it had received notification from the trustee of its 10
1/2 % Senior Notes Due 2007 ("Senior Notes") concerning non-compliance
with certain covenants in the indenture (the "Indenture") governing
the Senior Notes. The trustee reported that it had not received the
following documents from the Company:

    --  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
        ended December 31, 2004 (the "Current Annual Report");

    --  An Officers' Certificate executed by the Company's Chief
        Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer containing
        management's representations that the Company has complied
        with the covenants of the Indenture; and

    --  A certificate executed by the Company's independent public
        accountants representing that nothing has come to their
        attention that leads them to believe that the Company failed
        to comply with the covenants of the Indenture.

    Under the terms of the Indenture, the Company must resolve these
compliance matters no later than June 3, 2005 in order to avoid an
event of default. If such an event of default were to occur, the
trustee or holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount
of the Senior Notes outstanding could declare all Senior Notes to be
due and payable immediately, and should that happen, the Company would
not have sufficient corporate cash to meet this obligation.
    In making this announcement, Ernie Pyle, Chief Financial Officer
of MIG, commented, "The Company is currently completing preparation of
its Current Annual Report and anticipates filing such report with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") within the
next three weeks. As such, we anticipate curing the outstanding
compliance items with respect to the Indenture before June 3rd."
    With respect to the Company's ability to timely file future
reports with the SEC, Mr. Pyle added: "The Company does not presently
have sufficient financial personnel and resources within Russia and
Georgia to prepare and finalize, on a timely basis, the US GAAP
financial results for the Company's business ventures located within
these countries. The recruitment and retention of qualified US GAAP
accountants in these countries is difficult today due to the high
demand for individuals with these skills in this part of the world.
Accordingly, the Company may continue to experience difficulties in
timely filing reports with the SEC."

    About Metromedia International Group

    Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, the Company owns interests
in communications businesses in the countries of Russia and Georgia.
Since the first quarter of 2003, the Company has focused its principal
attentions on the continued development of its core telephony
businesses, and has substantially completed a program of gradual
divestiture of its non-core cable television and radio broadcast
businesses. The Company's core telephony businesses include PeterStar,
the leading competitive local exchange carrier in St. Petersburg,
Russia, and Magticom, Ltd., the leading mobile telephony operator in
Tbilisi, Georgia.

    This news release contains certain forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties, including in particular the Company's
ability to complete and file its 2004 Form 10-K with the SEC, meet its
future SEC public filing and reporting requirements and comply with
its obligations under the Indenture. Various other factors beyond the
Company's control could cause or contribute to such risks and
uncertainties. This also includes such factors as are described from
time to time in the SEC reports filed by the Company, including the
Current Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2003, the Company's Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31,
2004, June 30, 2004 and September 30, 2004 and its most recently filed
Form 8-K reports (dated October 19, 2004, November 4, 2004, November
16, 2004, November 22, 2004 and December 9, 2004, January 6, 2005,
February 9, 2005, February 17, 2005, March 9, 2005 and March 23,
2005). The Company is not under, and expressly disclaims any,
obligation to update the information in this news release for any
future events.

    Please visit our Web site at www.metromedia-group.com.

    CONTACT: Metromedia International Group, Inc.
             Ernie Pyle, 704-321-7380
             investorrelations@mmgroup.com