Krasnodar, April 20, 2005 – Southern Telecommunications Company (“UTK”) (RTS: KUBN, KUBNP; OTC USA: STJSY), the principal fixed-line telecommunications provider for Russia’s Southern Federal District, reports that a regional branch of UTK’s registrar CJSC “Registrator-Svyaz” has been opened in Krasnodar at the address: 182, Krasnaya Street, tel.: (861)251-74-39. Business hours are from 9.00 a.m. to 13.00 p.m. except days off.

Shareholder receiving center located at the address: 40, Komsomolskaya Str., Krasnodar, is closed.