OREANDA-NEWS. On 07 August 2009 CenterTelecom OJSC announced the memberships of a number of committees approved July 21, 2009 by the Board of Directors.

The Human Resources and Remuneration Committee now includes the following persons:

Nikolai Arutyunov, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; Director of Research Department, Moscow representative office of NCH Advisors, Inc

Alexander Ivanov, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; President, MFI Soft LLC

Mikhail Leschenko, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; Advisor to the Minister of Telecoms and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation

Oksana Petrova, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; Chief of Department in the Corporate Governance and Law Directorate, Svyazinvest OJSC

Vladimir Statyin, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; General Director, Association for Shareholders Interests Protection

Nikolai Arutyunov has been elected the Chairman of the Committee.

The Audit Committee now includes the following persons:

Igor Danilenko, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; Director of representative office of Prosperity Capital Management (UK) Ltd.

Alexei Lokotkov, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; Deputy General Director, Svyazinvest OJSC

Elena Umnova, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; Deputy General Director, Svyazinvest OJSC

Igor Danilenko has been elected the Chairman of the Committee.

The Strategic Development Committee now includes the following persons:

Nikolai Arutyunov, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; Director of Research Department, Moscow representative office of NCH Advisors, Inc

Igor Danilenko, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; Director of representative office of Prosperity Capital Management (UK) Ltd.

Ekaterina Erofteyeva, Executive Director, Director of Strategy and Development Department, Svyazinvest OJSC

Mikhail Leschenko, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; Advisor to the Minister of Telecoms and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation

Vaagn Martirosyan, General Director, CenterTelecom OJSC

Alexander Provotorov, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; First Deputy General Director, Svyazinvest OJSC

Maxim Tsyganov, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; Deputy General Director, KIT Finance Investment Bank LLC

Alexander Provotorov has been elected the Chairman of the Committee.

The Corporate Governance Committee now includes the following persons:

Sergei Grushin, Corporate Secretary, CenterTelecom OJSC

Oksana Petrova, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; Chief of Department in the Corporate Governance and Law Directorate, Svyazinvest OJSC

Igor Polovnev, Financial Director, Association for Shareholders Interests Protection

Denis Spirin, Corporate Governance Director of representative office of Prosperity Capital Management (UK) Ltd.

Vladimir Statyin, Member of the Board of Directors, CenterTelecom OJSC; General Director, Association for Shareholders Interests Protection

Oksana Petrova has been elected the Chairperson of the Committee.