"UTK" PJSC, Krasnodar, April 05, 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 on March 30, 2005 the Company’s Board of Directors approved new membership of the Strategic Development Board Committee (Minutes ? 31):

• Avdiyants Stanislav Petrosovich (Chairman), Executive Director-Director of the Department for Economic and Tariff Policy, “Svyazinvest” OJSC,
• Romsky Georgy Alekseevich, Director General, "UTK" PJSC,
• Dudchenko Vladimir Vladimirovich, Head of the Analytical Department, “NCH Advisors Inc.”

You can familiarize yourself with the Regulations on the Strategic Development Committee of UTK’s Board of Directors in the section «Investor relations» of the corporate site.