OREANDA-NEWS. On 06 March 2008 was announced, that Southern Telecommunications Company (“UTK”), the principal fixed-line telecommunications provider for Russia’s Southern Federal District, reports that on 5th March 2008 the Board of Directors reviewed the proposals submitted by the Company’s shareholders in compliance with the procedures prescribed by the regulatory legislation and approved the lists of nominees to the Board of Directors and the Auditing Commission of "Southern Telecommunications Company" PJSC to be elected at UTK’s 2008 Annual General Shareholders Meeting. These proposals were previously considered at the meeting of the Corporate Governance Committee of the UTK’s Board of Directors (Minutes № 4 of March 4, 2008).

The Board of Directors of "UTK" PJSC decided to add to the BoD member list the following nominees:

№   Full name  Place of employment and position held

1 Alexander Vladimirovich Andreev General Director of "Southern Telecommunications Company" PJSC
2 Boris Dmitrievich Antonyuk Deputy Minister for Information Technologies and Communications of the Russian Federation
3 Igor Vyacheslavovich Belikov General Director, Non-profit partnership “Russian Institute of Directors”
4 Natalia
Yurievna Belyakova Deputy Director of the Economics and Finance Department, “Svyazinvest” OJSC
 5 Alexander Markovich Branis Director, Moscow Representative Office of “Prosperity Capital Management (RF) Ltd.”
6 Vladislav Viktorovich Brylkov First Deputy Director General, “Leader” CJSC (Pension fund assets management company)
7 Valentina FyodorovnaVeremianina Deputy Director of Corporate Management and Legal Department, “Svyazinvest” OJSC
 8 Andrey Alexandrovich Vinkov Reviewer, ANO
“Expert” Magazine”
9 Anatoly Anatolievich Gavrilenko General Director , “Leader” CJSC (Pension fund assets management company)
10 Alexey Yurievich Goncharuk First Vice-President, “Comstar-OTS” OJSC
11 Igor Konstantinovich Danilenko Director, Prosperity Capital Management (United Kingdom) Ltd
12 Yevgeny Petrovich Yenin Deputy Director General, Non-profit partnership “Russian Institute of Directors”
13 Vladimir Borisovich Zhelonkin Deputy Director General, “Svyazinvest” OJSC
14 Oleg Borisovich Zyuzin Head of Information Technologies Department, “Leader” CJSC (Pension fund assets management company)
15 Sergey Stanislavovich Ivashkovsky Director, Representative Office of “Prosperity Capital Management (RF) Ltd.”
16 Alexander Borisovich Kalin General Director, ALOR Group Ltd.
17 Sergey Mikhailovich Kerber Director for Investments, “Leader” CJSC (Pension fund assets management company)
18 Andrey Anatolievich Kokin Deputy Director General, “Leader” CJSC (Pension fund assets management company)
19 Denis Viktorovich Kulikov Deputy Executive Director, Investor Protection Association (non-profit organization)
20 Ivan Nikolaevich Mazalov Director, Representative Office of “Prosperity Capital Management (RF) Ltd.”
21 Mikhail Evgenievich Molchanov General Director, ALOR + Ltd.
22 Stanislav Nikolaevich Panchenko Deputy Director General, “Svyazinvest” OJSC
23 Alexander Valerievich Popovsky Director of the MTS branch “Macro-region Yug”
24 Ekaterina Alexandrovna Punina Chief specialist of Corporate Governance and Legal Department, “Svyazinvest” OJSC
25 Elena Nikolaevna Sadova General Director, “ALOR INVEST” CJSC
26 Denis Alexandrovich Spirin Director for Corporate Management, Representative Office of “Prosperity Capital Management (RF) Ltd.”
27 Vladimir Anatolievich Statyin General Director, Non-profit Partnership “Association for the Shareholders Interest Protection” (ASIP)
28 Dmitry Yurievich Tushunov Head of the Analytical Department – chief Economist, “Leader” CJSC (Pension fund assets management company)
29 Oleg Romanovich Fyodorov Executive director of Corporate Finance Department, Deutsche Bank Ltd.
30 Roman Alexeevich Filkin Director, Representative Office of “Prosperity Capital Management (RF) Ltd.”
31 Evgeny Alexandrovich Chechelnitsky Deputy Director General, “Svyazinvest” OJSC


Nominees to be elected to the Auditing Commission of "UTK" PJSC are as follows:
1 Mikhail Vladimirovich Batmanov Head of the section, Corporate Governance and Legal Department of “Svyazinvest” OJSC
2 Bogdan Ivanovich Golubitsky Deputy Director of the Economics and Finance Department, “Svyazinvest” OJSC
3 Tatiana Yurievna Zubova Deputy Head of the section, Accounting, Taxation and Statistics Department of “Svyazinvest” OJSC
4 Sergey Ninelevich Kosarev Head of the section of the Strategic Development Department, “Svyazinvest” OJSC
5 Oksana Valerievna Petrova Head of the section, Corporate Governance and Legal Department of “Svyazinvest” OJSC