OREANDA-NEWS. January 13, 2011. The Board of Directors of Rostelecom (RTS and MICEX: RTKM, RTKMP; OTCQX: ROSYY), as a result of absentee voting passed a resolution to include in a list for the election to the Board of Directors at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, which is to be held on January 22, 2011, with the following candidates:

Svyazinvest appointees:

Vladimir N. Bondarik, Deputy General Director of Svyazinvest;

Sergey I. Kuznetsov, member of the National Register of Independent Directors under the Russian Union for Industrialists and Entrepreneurs;

Mikhail A. Leshchenko, Deputy General Director of Svyazinvest;

Konstantin V. Malofeev, Managing Partner of Representation Office of MarCap Advisors Limited;

Alexnader Yu. Provotorov, President of Rostelecom;

Ivan I. Rodionov, Professor of state university Higher School of Economics, professor of Russian State University for Humanities;

Vadim V. Semenov, General Director of Svyazinvest. 

Vnesheconombank appointees:

Sergey V. Pridantsev, President of Comstar-United TeleSystems;

Anatoly V. Tikhonov, member of the Board of Management/First Deputy Chairman of Vnesheconombank;

Anatoly B. Ballo, member of the Board of Management/Deputy Chairman of Vnesheconombank;

Mikhail I. Poluboyarinov, Head of the Infrastructure Department of Vnesheconombank;

Yury A. Kudimov, General Director of Investment Company Vnesheconombank (VEB Capital). 

According to the Charter of Rostelecom, the Board of Directors of the Company will consists of 11 members.