The issue reports for series 16 - 18 of common non-coupon bonds of OJSC Svyazinform Chelyabinsk region were approved by decision of the Federal Securities Commission at a meeting held on February 15, 2002.

 According to the report filed to the Federal Securities Commission, the issue will be as follows:

Number of securities in each series of the issue	500
Nominal value of one security for each series of the issue	Rub 2,000
Total value for each series of the issue	Rub 1,000,000