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                  Metromedia International Group, Inc.
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(Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Elliott Associates, L.P. and Elliott International, L.P.
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Contact: Richard A. Bennett                Scott Sunshine or Carol Crane
         Chief Activism Officer            TowersGroup
         Lens                              (212) 354-5020
         (207) 775-4296                    scottsunshine@towerspr.com
         rbennett@lens-inc.com             carolcrane@towerspr.com


                       METROMEDIA COMMITS ITSELF TO 10/12
                          ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING
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                Elliott Associates Agrees Not to Proceed to Trial


NEW YORK, August 8, 2001 - Metromedia International Group, Inc. (AMEX: MMG) has
signed a stipulation with Elliott Associates, L.P. and Elliott International,
L.P. (together "Elliott"), institutional investment firms under common
management. According to the stipulation, which also constitutes an order of the
court, MMG cannot change either the October 12, 2001 date for the annual
stockholders meeting or the August 31, 2001 record date without the prior
approval of either Elliott or the Delaware Court of Chancery.

With this stipulation, Elliott has achieved its goals in filing its complaint
against MMG under Section 211 of the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Accordingly, Elliott and MMG have notified the court that the previously
scheduled August 10, 2001 trial date is unnecessary. Since Elliott filed its
suit, MMG has announced a date for its annual meeting and a record date, and now
has agreed not to change those dates without preapproval. More than thirteen
months have passed since MMG's last annual meeting.

"This is  exactly  what we hoped MMG would do all along;  it's  unfortunate
that we had to  resort to legal  action  to make it  happen,"  said  Richard  A.
Bennett,  a  principal  of Lens  Investment  Management,  LLC,  the  shareholder
activist  specialist working on behalf of Elliott in its MMG efforts.  "Now that
the meeting and record  dates have been set,  and those dates  cannot be changed
without prior approval,  MMG's  stockholders will finally have an opportunity to
directly address management with their concerns."

Elliott  has  filed  an  amended   preliminary  proxy  statement  with  the
Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the 2001 Annual Meeting of
MMG  stockholders.  The  proxy  nominates  two  candidates  to the MMG  Board of
Directors and puts forward two stockholder  proposals.  The amended  preliminary
proxy statement,  which can be found on the SEC's website  (http://www.sec.gov),
discusses a number of issues that Elliott believes have resulted in the downward
trend in MMG's stock price.

Metromedia International Group, Inc. is a global communications and media
company operating telephony and television businesses in Eastern Europe, the
republics of the former Soviet Union and other emerging markets. The company,
headed by Chairman John W. Kluge and CEO Stuart Subotnick, also owns the lawn
and garden equipment manufacturer Snapper, which it has called a "non-core"
asset.

Elliott Associates, L.P. and Elliott International,  L.P. are institutional
investors with a collective ownership of approximately 4.0% of MMG Common Stock.
Elliott  Associates is based in New York, and Elliott  International is based in
the Cayman Islands. The investment  activities of Elliott Associates and Elliott
International are under common management.

Founded in 1991 by Robert A.G. Monks as an investment management firm, Lens was
among the first fund managers to take an active role in corporate governance.
Over the past decade, Lens, which no longer operates as a portfolio manager but
rather as a specialist in investor activism, has succeeded in increasing the
value of shareholders' investment in companies including Scott Paper, American
Express, Eastman Kodak and Pioneer Group.

PLEASE READ THE PROXY  STATEMENT  OF ELLIOTT  ASSOCIATES,  L.P. AND ELLIOTT
INTERNATIONAL, L.P. WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, BECAUSE IT

CONTAINS  IMPORTANT  INFORMATION  INCLUDING  INFORMATION  ABOUT INDIVIDUALS
DEEMED  TO  BE  PARTICIPANTS  IN  THE  SOLICITATION  OF  PROXIES  OF  METROMEDIA
INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. STOCKHOLDERS.  YOU MAY OBTAIN THIS PROXY STATEMENT, OR
ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS,  FOR FREE AT WWW.SEC.GOV AND AT WWW.FREEEDGAR.COM.
YOU MAY ALSO OBTAIN THIS PROXY STATEMENT,  OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION  RELEVANT TO
THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES BY ELLIOTT ASSOCIATES AND ELLIOTT INTERNATIONAL,  BY
CONTACTING  LAWRENCE E. DENNEDY BY MAIL AT MACKENZIE  PARTNERS,  INC., 156 FIFTH
AVENUE,  NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10010,  OR BY CALLING MR. DENNEDY TOLL FREE AT (800)
322-2885.  PRESENTLY,  A  PRELIMINARY  FORM OF THIS PROXY  STATEMENT IS PUBLICLY
AVAILABLE.