OREANDA-NEWS. Rostelecom (NYSE: ROS; RTS, MICEX: RTKM, RTKMP), Russia’s national long-distance telecommunications operator, today announced the appointment of new members to the Management Board.

The Company’s Board of Directors decided the following members will be appointed to the Rostelecom Management Board for the period July 1, 2007 up to June 30, 2008:
• Sergei Akopov, Director of Administrative Department of Rostelecom;
• Andrei Baklykov, Director of IT Department of Rostelecom;
• Andrei Gaiduk, First Deputy General Director - Financial Director of Rostelecom;
• Yevgeny Gerasimov, Deputy General Director - Director of Rostelecom’s North-Western branch;
• Dmitry Gurevich, Director of Project Management Department of Rostelecom;
• Rodion Levochka, Director of Products and Marketing Department of Rostelecom;
• Vladimir Mironov, Deputy General Director of Rostelecom;
• Olga Rumyantseva, Director of Sales and Customer Service Department of Rostelecom;
• Galina Rysakova, Director of Department of Organizational Development and Human Resources of Rostelecom;
• Dmitry Sigalov, Director of Legal Affairs Department of Rostelecom;
• Vladimir Terekhov, First Deputy General Director of Rostelecom;
• Roman Frolov, Chief Accountant of Rostelecom.

In line with Rostelecom's Charter (paragraph 27.3) the General Director, Dmitry Yerokhin, will perform the functions of the chairman of the Company’s Management Board.