OREANDA-NEWS. Rostelecom OJSC (MOEX: RTKM, RTKMP; OTCQX: ROSYY) (“the Company”), Russia's national telecommunications operator, today announces that Rostelecom's Board of Directors has approved a list of nominations to its Board of Directors, with each member being elected at the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (“EGM”) scheduled for April 2, 2014 and also at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”). The lists of nominations for the EGM and AGM are identical and include the following candidates:

Ruben A. Aganbegyan;

David Benello;

Kirill A. Dmitriev;

Anton A. Zlatopolsky;

Sergei B. Kalugin;

Igor I. Kozlov;

Yuri A. Kudimov;