Moscow - June 17, 2009:  Rostelecom (NYSE: ROS; RTS, MICEX: RTKM, RTKMP), Russia’s national telecommunications operator, announced that the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) through EDGAR today.

The document can also be found at https://www.rt.ru/en/centr-invest/financial/SEC/form20-F.php. Hard copies of the Company’s Form 20-F with complete audited financial statements are available free of charge to shareholders upon request.