OREANDA-NEWS. On 16 June 2009 Rostelecom (NYSE: ROS; RTS, MICEX: RTKM, RTKMP), Russia’s national telecommunications operator, announced the decisions of the new Board of Directors.

The Board confirmed to be independent directors:

Ivan Rodionov;

Konstantin Malofeev;

Maxim Tsyganov.

The Board of Directors elected the new Strategic Committee:

Konstantin Malofeev – the Chairman, independent director;

Anton Kolpakov;

Sergei Kuznetsov, non-executive director;

Mikhail Leshchenko, non-executive director;

Alexander Provotorov, non-executive director;

Yevgeny Yurchenko, non-executive director.

New members to the Nominations and Remuneration Committee were also elected:

Maxim Tsyganov – the Chairman, independent director;

Ivan Rodionov, independent director;

Mikhail Leshchenko, non-executive director.

The new Corporate Governance Committee was joined by:

Alexander Provotorov – the Chairman, non-executive director;

Victor Savchenko, non-executive director;

Valentina Veremyanina, Director of Corporate Governance and Legal Department of Svyazinvest;

Oksana Petrova, Head of Division of Corporate Governance and Legal Department of Svyazinvest;

Pavel Nezhutin – Corporate Secretary of Rostelecom.

New members to the Audit Committee included:

Ivan Rodionov – the Chairman, independent director;

Konstantin Malofeev – independent director;

Maxim Tsyganov – independent director.

Yelena Umnova, non-executive director, was elected as the Committee’s non-voting member with only "observer" status.

The Board of Directors also confirmed that Ivan Rodionov met the qualifications for "audit committee financial expert" as defined in applicable U.S. securities legislation.