1. Following persons are to be included in the list of candidates for election to the Board of Directors of the company.

Vladimir Adzhalov
Advisor to General Director of OAO Rostelecom

Vadim Belov
Deputy General Director of OAO Svyazinvest

Yuri Bilibin
Assistant to General Director of OAO Svyazinvest

Mikhail Vasiliev
Head of St-Petersburg office of NCH Advisors, Inc.

Alla Ganeeva
Head of section at Electric Communication Department of OAO Svyazinvest

Alla Grigorieva
Deputy Director and Head of Section at Corporate Governance Department of OAO Svyazinvest

Vladimir Dudchenko
Head of Research Department at Moscow office of NCH Advisors, Inc.

Dmitry Efimov
Head of Directors section, Investor Protection Association

Vladimir Zholobov
Leading Specialist of Corporate Governance Department of OAO Svyazinvest

Alexander Ikonnikov
Executive Director, Investor Protection Association

Vladimir Kozin
Director of Direct Investments and Property Department of OAO Svyazinvest

Denis Kulikov
Expert, Investor Protection Association

Dmitry Levkovski
Vice-President of Moscow office of NCH Advisors, Inc.

Stanislav Panchenko
Deputy General Director of OAO Svyazinvest

Leonid Perminov
Shareholder

Vladimir Rybakin
General Director of OAO Uralsvyazinform

Tamara Chernikova
Head of section at Finance Department of OAO Svyazinvest

Sergey Chernogorodsky
Director of Shareholder Equity Department of OAO Svyazinvest

Sergey Yurpalov
Head of Economic Department at Russian President Authorized Representative's Office in Urals Federal District

2. The following persons are to be included in the list of candidates for election to the Audit Commission of the company:

Svetlana Baluyeva
Deputy Chief Accountant of OAO Uralsvyazinform

Svetlana Bocharova
Head of section at Accounting Department of OAO Svyazinvest

Lubov Greseva
Leading Specialist of Internal Audit Department of OAO Svyazinvest

Elena Durnova
Leading Specialist of Finance Department of OAO Svyazinvest

Larissa Zotova
Acting Director of Internal Audit Department of OAO Uralsvyazinform

Nadezhda Kalashnikova
Deputy Director of Legal Department of OAO Uralsvyazinform, Head of Legal Department of Perm Division of OAO Uralsvyazinform

Nadezhda Kapelistaya
Deputy Director and Economics and Finance Director of Tyumen Division of OAO Uralsvyazinform

Sergey Podosinov
Leading Specialist of Internal Audit Department of OAO Svyazinvest

Irina Prokofieva
Director of Internal Audit Department of OAO Svyazinvest

Olga Chetvyorkina
Leading Specialist of Capital Investments Department of OAO Svyazinvest

Sergey Yankovsky
Deputy Head of Legal Department of Perm Division of OAO Uralsvyazinform

The Board of Directors' session scheduled for early April 2004 will approve the date of AGM and the date of compiling the list of persons entitled to participate in the General Meeting.