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 25, 2005 the Company’s Board of Directors appointed Anna Anatolievna Lyubich UTK’s Corporate Secretary (Minutes ? 30):

The post of the Corporate secretary of "UTK" PJSC  was introduced according to the Decision of the Company’s Board of Directors of May 25, 2004 (Minutes ?30) to ensure duly observance by the Company’s bodies and officers of rules and regulations on procedures safeguarding legal rights and interests of UTK shareholders. The Corporate Secretary’s objectives should be to ensure that corporate bodies and officers comply with procedural requirements on preparation and conducting of General Shareholders Meetings, activity of the Company’s Board of Directors, storage, disclosure and presentation of the information about the Company. You can familiarize yourself with the functions and duties of the Corporate Secretary in the Provisions on the Corporate Secretary and the Office of the Corporate Secretary of "UTK" PJSC in the section "Investor Relations" of the corporate site.

Fact sheet:

Lyubich Anna Anatolievna was born in 1978. She graduated from the Kuban State Agricultural University majoring in Law. From 02.2001 to 02.2003 – worked as a specialist (category II), state adviser (class II) of the Krasnodar representative office of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
From 02.2003 till present time– worked as an Assistant of UTK’s Director General;