On April 28, 2003 Uralsvyazinform Board of Directors fixed the place and date of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

The Annual General Meeting will take place on June 20, 2003 at 10.00 a.m. (local time) in Chelyabinsk at the address: 71 Vorovskogo St., Chelyabinsk, Russia. The registration of persons participating in the meeting starts at 8.00 a.m.

Record date (the date of compiling the list of persons entitled to participate in the AGM and receiving a dividend) – May 5, 2003.The voting papers will be submitted to the shareholders by mail before May 30, 2003.