Moscow, January 25, 2006. Board of Directors of OJSC «CenterTelecom» terminated the authorities of the Company’s General Director Ruben Amaryan. The Board of Directors appointed Sergei Pridantsev as General Director of OJSC «CenterTelecom» with the term of office for three months.

Pridantsev Sergei Vladimirovich was born on August 18, 1967 in Moscow. In 1993 he graduated from the Moscow Automobile and Road Institute, and then Stanford Executive Institute (2000) and the Russian Academy of Public Service under the President of the Russian Federation (2004). After the graduating from the institute he headed the laboratory of transport and technological robots of the Moscow Automobile and Road Institute. In 1994-1995 he worked for telecommunication operator "Astelit". Starting with January 1995 up to May 1997 he took the position of technical consultant in Hewlett Packard (Moscow). In 1997 he started working for Lucent Technologies as Head of Customer Service in Moscow and Moscow region, and then he was appointed First Deputy General Director and Sales Director in Russia and the CIS. Since 2002 he has been with OJSC "CenterTelecom", initially as an Adviser to the Company’s General Director. In April 2003 he was appointed Deputy General Director – Commercial Director of OJSC "CenterTelecom". He is awarded Ushakov Medal of Courage. He is also PhD in Economics. Mr Pridantsev is married with two children.