Company Update and Analyst Comment on Latest Events 10/27/09

Contents:
- Comment on Company’s Latest Events and Forecast;
THE SHARE PRICE CONTINUES TO FALL;
THE FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR H1 2009 UNDER RAS WERE NOT SO BAD;
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO STRENGTHEN ROSTELECOM;
RISK LEVEL IS LOW.

- Comment on Industry’s Latest Events and Forecast;
RUSSIA’S LEADING TELECOM COMPANIES SHOW POSITIVE DYNAMIC ON STOCK EXCHANGE;
THE GROWTH WILL CONTINUE DESPITE ECONOMICAL CRISIS;
FACTORS THAT DECREASE GROWTH OF TELECOM;
RISK OF COMPANIES BASED ON FOREIGN CAPITAL IS INCREASING;

- Country’s Highlights;
THE DYNAMIC OF RTS LOOKS BETTER COMPARED WITH OTHER INDEXES;
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RECOVERS;
GDP WILL RECOVER IN 2012;
RUSSIA’S GDP DECREASED YEAR-ON-YEAR BUT GREW QUARTER-ON-QUARTER;
THE ECONOMY IS EXPECTED TO GROW IN LONG-TERM;
TOO PROMISING BUT STILL TOO RISKY.


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Rostelecom

Rostelecom is Russia’s national long-distance operator, providing а wide range of telecommunications products and services. The Company owns and operates the country’s most extensive and technologically advanced nationwide fiber-optic backbone network (about 150,000 km in lengths), which enables Rostelecom to provide voice, data and IP services to business and residential customers across the entire Russian Federation and to domestic and international operators. The high capacity of Rostelecom’s network enables it to handle the majority of long-distance traffic transit and leased line services for Russian and international operators. The Company is also a major provider of telecommunications services for state organizations and governmental agencies, television and radio broadcasters. In addition to traditional services, Rostelecom is further expanding its diverse lineup to include new value-added product and service offerings incorporating intelligent network services (INS), videoconferencing, Internet and VPN services to operators and business customers among others.

Rostelecom is the market leader in the international telecom segment, having established direct international connections with more than 140 operators in 68 countries, participating in 25 international cable systems and cooperating with more than 450 international operators and companies outside of Russia. Svyazinvest, the state-controlled holding company, is Rostelecom’s major shareholder, with ownership of 51% of ordinary (voting) shares. Rostelecom’s public free float is comprised of the remaining 49% of the ordinary shares. Rostelecom’s securities are listed on major Russian stock exchanges – the RTS and MICEX, and also on the New York Stock Exchange (level II ADR program launched in 1998; ticker symbol ROS). The Company’s shares are also quoted on major European trading floors. The Group operates in one business segment for the provision of telecommunication services. This reportable segment was identified based on the organizational structure of the Group and types of activities the Company and its subsidiaries are engaged in.



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