On 3rd December a new professional holiday, Lawyer's Day, which was adopted by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 4th February 2008, will be celebrated in Russia for the first time. In connection with establishing the new professional holiday, OJSC Svyazinvest   has taken a decision to award the best lawyers of the inter-regional companies, including lawyers of OJSC N.W. Telecom, with a Diploma of OJSC Telecommunication s Investment Company (Investitsionnaya Kompaniya Svyazi):

Alexey Dmitriyevich Gerasimov - Head of the Legal Support Service, St. Petersburg Branch, OJSC N.W. Telecom,

Anna Vadimovna Gorodetskaya  - Head of the Operations Legal Support Department, General Directorate, OJSC N.W. Telecom,

Valentina Andreyevna Zakharova - Leading Legal Adviser of the Legal Support Service, Leningrad Oblast Branch, OJSC N.W. Telecom,

Olga Borisovna Kiriyevskaya - Head of the Legal Support Service, Arkhangelsk Branch, OJSC N.W. Telecom,

Irina Davydovna Loseva - Head of the Department for Methodological Management of Legal Activities in General Directorate branches, OJSC N.W. Telecom,

Igor Yuryevich Markov - Head of the Legal Support Service, Komi Branch, OJSC N.W. Telecom,

Igor Nikolayevich Mishin - Leading Legal Adviser of the Operations Legal Support Department, General Directorate, OJSC N.W. Telecom,

Viktor Gennadyevich Smelkov - Leading Legal Adviser of the Legal Support Service, Karelian Branch, OJSC N.W. Telecom

Viktoriya Ivanovna Stoyan - 1st category Legal Adviser of the Legal Support Service, Kaliningrad Branch, OJSC N.W. Telecom

Marina Leonidovna Sherstobitova - Head of the Legal Support Service, Murmansk Branch, OJSC N.W. Telecom

The profession of the lawyer has been considered from of old one of the most honorary occupations, however, a very difficult and responsible one at the same time. It is to lawyers that people often apply for advice in difficult situations, it is on them that impeccable observance of law depends, as well as, therefore, the order in the state, security and even the lives of our kith and kin, and, of course, the legal aspects of OJSC North-West Telecom's operation.

We congratulate our colleagues from the bottom of our hearts! We are proud of you and wish you professional success, sound health, joy and luck in everything!