OREANDA-NEWS. On 12 March 2008 Rostelecom, Russia’s national long-distance telecommunications operator, announced the lists of candidates to the Board of Directors and the Audit Commission of the Company.

Rostelecom’s Board of Directors approved the list of candidates to the Board of Directors as follows:

Alexander Kiselev, General Director of Svyazinvest;
Sergei Kuznetsov, Representative of Svyazinvest;
Yevgeny Chechelnitsky, Deputy General Director of Svyazinvest;
Elena Selvich, Executive Director – Director of Economy and Finance Department of Svyazinvest;
Mikhail Alexeev, Representative of Svyazinvest;
Vladimir Zhelonkin, Deputy General Director of Svyazinvest;
Konstantin Solodukhin, General Director of Rostelecom;
Valentina Veremyanina, Deputy Director of Corporate Governance and Legal Department of Svyazinvest;
Valery Degtyarev, General Director of Professional Telecommunications;
Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Director of Corporate Finance Department of CIT Finance Investment Bank;
Anatoly Gavrilenko, General Director of Asset Management Company Leader;
Sergei Kerber, Investment Director of Asset Management Company Leader;
Yevgeny Logovinsky, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of SOGAS Insurance Group;
Nikolai Mylnikov, Director of Legal Department of CIT Finance Investment Bank;
Dmitry Romaev, Director of Finance Department of CIT Finance Investment Bank;
Maxim Tsyganov, Moscow office Managing Director of CIT Finance Investment Bank.

According to Rostelecom’s Charter the Board of Directors consists of 11 members.

Rostelecom’s Board of Directors also decided to include the following persons into the list of candidates to the Audit Commission of the Company:
Lyudmila Arzhannikova; Head of Group at Strategic Development Department of Svyazinvest;
Natalia Belyakova, Deputy Director of Economy and Finance Department of Svyazinvest;
Svetlana Bocharova, Head of Division of the Accounting, Tax and Statistics Department of Svyazinvest;
Mikhail Batmanov, Head of Division of Corporate Governance and Legal Department of Svyazinvest;
Olga Koroleva, Chief Accountant of Svyazinvest.

According to Rostelecom’s Charter the Audit Commission consists of 5 members.
New members of the Board of Directors and Audit Commission will be elected at the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting of the Company upon the results of the year 2007.