OREANDA-NEWS. On 23 June 2008 Southern Telecommunications Company, the largest fixed-line telecommunications provider for Russia’s Southern Federal District, reported that on 17th June 2008 the first session of the newly elected Board of Directors was held following the Company’s Annual General Shareholders Meeting. At the session Vladimir Borisovich Zhelonkin, Deputy Director General of “Svyazinvest” OJSC, was elected the Chairman of the Board of Directors of "Southern Telecommunications Company" PJSC. Stanislav Nikolaevich Panchenko, Deputy Director General of “Svyazinvest” OJSC was elected the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of "Southern Telecommunications Company" PJSC (Minutes №1 of 17 June 2008.).