1H 2008 Results under IFRS Conference Call & Webcast

09.10.2008

Uralsvyazinform would like to invite you to take part in a conference call and webcast on Thursday, October 09, 2008.

Executives at Uralsvyazinform will give a conference call on Uralsvyazinform 1st Half-Year 2008 IFRS results followed by Q&A session at 2.00 p.m. Moscow time (11.00 a.m. London time). The management team will be represented by Valery Chernyshev, Deputy General Director & CFO.

The conference will be held in Russian.

Dial-in number to access the conference call is as follows:

+44 (0)20 3003 2666

To help ensure the conference begins in a timely manner, we kindly ask all participants to dial in 5 to 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

The webcast will be available live and in 1 hour after the conference call at:

http://www.thomson-webcast.net/de/dispatching/?event_id=f5f2c5597ac79cc60ba9eac750ca7493&portal_id=dc6cd078f91eb24541021efd4e9af042

To help ensure the conference begins in a timely manner, we kindly ask all participants to dial in 5 to 10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.

The webcast will be available live and in 1 hour after the conference call at this site.