OREANDA-NEWS. On July 14, 2009 Southern Telecommunications Company (“UTK”) (RTS: KUBN, KUBNP; MICEX: UTEL, UTELP; ADR OTC: STJSY, KUE FRA), the largest fixed-line telecommunications provider for Russia’s Southern Federal District reported that its Board of Directors determined the following new structures of the Committees of the Company’s Board of Directors, reported the press-centre of UTK:

1. Audit Committee of the Board of Directors:

• Sergey Vilenovich Kuznetsov - Chairman of the Committee – Investment Director of the Investment Projects and Programs Department of “Leader” CJSC;

• Elena Vladimirovna Umnova - Deputy General Director of “Svyazinvest” OJSC;

• Vladimir Alexandrovich Rumyantsev – Managing Director of OJSC “Gazprombank”.

2. Personnel and Rewards Committee of the Board of Directors:

• Denis Viktorovich Kulikov – Chairman of the Committee – Executive Director of Investor Protection Association;

• Valentina Fyodorovna Veremianina - Director of the Corporate Governance and Legal Support Department of “Svyazinvest” OJSC;

• Mikhail Aleksandrovich Leschenko– Advisor of the Minister of Telecommunications & Mass Communication of the Russian Federation;

• Sergey Vilenovich Kuznetsov - Investment Director of the Investment Projects and Programs Department of “Leader” CJSC.

3. Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors:

• Valentina Fyodorovna Veremianina - Chairman of the Committee - Director of the Corporate Governance and Legal Support Department of “Svyazinvest” OJSC;

• Denis Nikolaevich Afanasiev –- Head of the section of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation;

• Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Punina – Deputy Head of the section of Corporate Governance and Legal Support Department of “Svyazinvest” OJSC;

• Anna Anatolievna Lyubich – Corporate Secretary of PJSC Southern Telecommunications Company;

• Dmitry Yurievich Tushunov – Head of Analytic Department – Chief economist of “Leader” CJSC;

• Maria Gennadievna Levkovskaya – Legal Advisor of the Executive Director of Investor Protection Association.

4. Strategic Development Committee of the Board of Directors:

• Alexey Alexeyevich Lokotkov – Chairman of the Committee – Deputy Director General  of “Svyazinvest” OJSC;

• Elena Vladimirovna Umnova - Deputy General Director of “Svyazinvest” OJSC;

• Denis Nikolaevich Afanasiev –- Head of the section of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation;

• Denis Viktorovich Kulikov – Executive Director of Investor Protection Association;

• Mikhail Aleksandrovich Leschenko– Advisor of the Minister of Telecommunications & Mass Communication of the Russian Federation;

• Vladimir Alexandrovich Rumyantsev – Managing Director of OJSC “Gazprombank”;

• Alexander Yurievich Provotorov – First Deputy Director General of OJSC Svyazinvest;

• Alexander Petrovich Shipulin – General Director of PJSC Southern Telecommunications Company;

• Yury Aleksandrovich Shaginov – - Investment Project Manager of the Investment Projects and Programs Department of “Leader” CJSC.