OREANDA-NEWS. October 3, 2011. Rostelecom MICEX, RTS: RTKM, RTKMP; OTCQX: ROSYY) hereby announces, as part of the quarterly review procedure for MSCI indices, the common shares of the company have been listed on the MSCI Global Standard Large Cap index, and also on the MSCI Russia index with a weighting of 3.43%.

Rostelecom’s common shares have begun to meet the criteria for inclusion in MSCI indices after an amalgamation of the main and 16 additional common share issues on the MICEX stock exchange and an increase in the company’s capitalization.

Rostelecom’s preferred shares were not included in the MSCI indices.