- Report of Foreign Issuer (6-K)

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

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FORM 6-K

 

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date: December 2, 2009

 

Commission file number 1-14748

 

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY OF
LONG-DISTANCE AND INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROSTELECOM
Doing Business as

ROSTELECOM

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

(Jurisdiction of organization)

 

14, 1 st  TVERSKAYA-YAMSKAYA ST.
125047 MOSCOW, RUSSIA

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, international: [phone]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x         Form 40-F o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Yes o         No x

 

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-       

 

 

 

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On November 12, 2009, OJSC Rostelecom (the “Company”) publicly disclosed Changes in the List of Affiliated Persons as of November 12, 2009 (“Changes in the List of Affiliated Persons”) as required by the securities legislation of the Russian Federation. A copy of Changes in the List of Affiliated Persons is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

 

The requirements for the contents of Changes in the List of Affiliated Persons and criteria for the information to be disclosed in Changes in the List of Affiliated Persons are set by the laws and regulations of the Russian Federation. Such requirements and criteria for the information disclosure may, therefore, materially differ from the reporting and disclosure requirements under the U.S. securities laws to which the Company is subject, including the reporting and disclosure requirements applicable to the Annual Report on Form 20-F.

 

Terms used in Changes in the List of Affiliated Persons have the meaning given to them by the laws and regulations of the Russian Federation, which meaning may be different from the meaning given to the same terms by the U.S. securities laws and reporting and disclosure requirements including the reporting and disclosure requirements, applicable to the Annual Report on Form 20-F.

 

For any questions concerning Changes in the List of Affiliated Persons, please contact Pavel A. Nezhutin, Corporate Secretary of OJSC Rostelecom, by phone at [phone], by facsimile at [phone] or by e-mail at [e-mail].

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused Changes in the List of Affiliated Persons to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Date: December 2, 2009	By:	/signed/ Anton Yu. Kolpakov
	Name:	Anton Yu. Kolpakov
	Title:	General Director

 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

The following exhibit has been disclosed as a part of this Form 6-K:

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.		English translation of Changes in the List of Affiliated Persons publicly disclosed on November 12, 2009.

 

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