OREANDA-NEWS. December 3, 2010. The Board of Directors of Rostelecom (RTS and MICEX: RTKM, RTKMP; OTCQX: ROSYY) passed a resolution to convene an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on January 22, 2011.

The proposed agenda for the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders includes premature re-election of members of the Board of Directors, and also the issue of making amendments to the Charter of Rostelecom concerning separation of the Company’s branches by way of a separate balance sheet.

The list of persons eligible to participate in the Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be compiled as of October 29, 2010 (the record date for the shareholders of Rostelecom).

The Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Rostelecom is convened at the request of Svyazinvest, a shareholder which owns at least 10 percent of the company’s voting shares, and which is to be held on January 22, 2011 as joint presence in the Training Center of Rostelecom at the following address: village of Besako, Naro-Fomisnky District, Moscow region.