OREANDA-NEWS  On 24 November was announced, that pursuant to the decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders of OJSC RTM, held November 17, 2008, the powers of the members of the existing Board of Directors had terminated ahead of time and the new Board of Directors was elected.

The new Board of Directors consists of the following members:

Andrey Muravyev -  independent member of the Board;

Vladimir Denisenko  -  independent member of the Board;

Eduard Vyrypaev  — member of the Board;

Sergey Khrapunov  — member of the Board, General Director of OJSC RTM;

Stanislav Golotvin  — member of the Board;

Aleksander Firsov  -  independent member of the Board;

Aleksey Garyunov  — independent member of the Board;

Sergey Oparin  — independent member of the Board;

The changes to the company's Board of Directors have been made in compliance with the Federal Law on Joint-Stock Companies.

Biographies of the newly elected Board members are provided below:

Andrey A. Muravyev was born in 1974.

In 1997 he graduated from the faculty of economics of Kemerovo State Technical University major in Accounting and Audit. In 1998 he graduated from a university of San-Francisco with a degree in Finance.

Sergey A. Khrapunov was born in 1974.

In 1996 he graduated from Kuzbass State Technical University major in Economics and Management in the machine building industry. Since 2008 Mr. Khrapunov has been the General Director of OJSC RTM.

Stanislav A. Golotvin was born in 1981.

In 2004 he graduated from the legal department of Kemerovo State University major in Law. In 2006 he graduated from the economic faculty of Kemerovo State University major in Finance and Credit. Since September, 2008 Mr. Golotvin has been Deputy General Director of OJSC RTM.

Aleksey P. Garyunov was born in 1972.

In 2002 he graduated from the International Slavic Institute major in Finance and Credit. In 2006 Mr. Garyunov was granted a Master degree in Business Administration in the Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation. Since 2007 he has been the Head of real estate department of LLC Managing Company Finam Management.

Sergey A. Oparin was born in 1972.

In 1993 he graduated from Novosibirsk State University major in Economic Cybernetics with qualification of Economist and Mathematician. Since 2007 he has been a member of the Board of directors of OJSC "O2 TV". Since October, 2008 Mr. Oparin has been the Deputy General Director of JSC Investment company Finam.

Aleksander N. Firsov was born in 1978.

In 2001 he graduated from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (State technical university) major in Engineering and Physics. In 2004 he graduated from the Higher School of Economics major in "Economics". Since 2008 he has been the Head of the department of project attraction and analysis of LLC Managing Company Finam Management.