OREANDA-NEWS. On 24 June 2009 Rostelecom (NYSE: ROS; RTS, MICEX: RTKM, RTKMP), Russia’s national telecommunications operator, announced that the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December31, 2008 has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) through EDGAR today.

The document can also be found at http://www.rt.ru/en/centr-invest/financial/SEC/form20-F.php. Hard copies of the Company’s Form 20-F with complete audited financial statements are available free of charge to shareholders upon request.