OREANDA-NEWS. Uralsvyazinform (RTS: URSI/URSIP) the leading carrier of fixed-line and mobile services in the Urals region, Russia reports the results of the Extraordinary General Meeting. Following EGM’s decision, the powers of the Board of Directors, which had been elected on June 22, 2002, were terminated.

The EGM elected the new Board of Directors consisting of 11 persons.

• Boris D. Antonyuk, Deputy Minister for the Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation
• Victor F. Basargin, Deputy Authorized Representative of the Russian Federation President within the Urals Federal District
• Yuri A. Bilibin, Advisor of the General Director, OJSC ‘Svyazinvest’
• Alla B. Grigorieva, Deputy Director of Corporate Governance Department – Head of a Section, OJSC ‘Svyazinvest’
• Vladimir V. Dudchenko, Moscow representative office of NCH Advisors, Inc, Operations Director
• Evgeniy P. Yenin, Deputy Director of Nonprofit Partnership ‘Russian Institute of Directors’
• Olga G. Korolyova, Chief Accountant for OJSC Svyazinvest
• Juliana Y. Sokolenko, Deputy Director of Information Support Department – Head of a Section, OJSC ‘Svyazinvest’
• Vladimir A. Statyin, General Director of Nonprofit Partnership ‘Association for protection of interests of corporations and organizations shareholders’
• Anatoly Y. Ufimkin, General Director of OJSC Uralsvyazinform
• Evgeniy A. Chechelnitsky, Deputy General Director of OJSC ‘Svyazinvest’

The first session of the newly elected BoD appointed Evgeniy Chechelnitsky as the Board’s Chairman, and Anatoly Ufimkin as Deputy Chairman.