AGREEMENT #750-05-23

Exhibit 4.30

AGREEMENT #▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇

The City of Moscow

Date: January 01, 2006

This Agreement is entered into by and between Rostelecom, Open Joint-Stock Company for Long-Distance and International Telecommunications, hereinafter, “Rostelecom”, represented by OAO Rostelecom General Director ▇.▇▇. Yerokhin, authorized to act by Charter, on the one part, and “Southern Telecommunications Company”, hereinafter referred to as the “Operator”, represented by General Director G.A Romsky, authorized to act by Charter, on the other part hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Parties”, as follows:

Taking into account that

а) Rostelecom has a license for long-distance and international telecommunications, the Operator has a license for local and intrazonal communication;

b) The Parties signed the Agreement on network connection dated August 01, 2003 No. 1,

The Parties agreed as follows:

1. Terms and Definitions

In this Agreement the following terms and definitions have the following meanings if not otherwise indicated by this Agreement:

1.1. “Agreement” means the Agreement including all Appendices, Revisions, Addenda and Additional Agreements.

1.2. “Operator’s АВС Zone” means ABC zone located on the territory covered by the license of the Operator and ABC zone, which relative non-geographic DEF numeration codes applied to and on which Rostelecom Service is rendered to the User.

1.3. “License of Rostelecom” means the license for provision of long-distance and international Telecommunication Services No. 29777 dated 11.12.2003.

1.4. “Accrued income” means payments to the Operator by the Users for the Services rendered in the corresponding month. Accrued income does not include income from the Telecommunication Services, rendered to the Users with the help of pay telephones, and on Operator’s call offices.

1.5. “Associated Operator” means a telecommunication operator, which electric communication network is connected to the Operator’s network on a local or an zone level, excluding those communication operators, which signed Agreements with Rostelecom similar to this Agreement.

1.6. “Users” are the persons, including the subscribers, ordering and/or using the Services via the Operator.

1.7. “Revenue earned” means the income actually received by the Operator from the Users in the corresponding month on account of payment for the Telecommunication Services. Earned Income does not include the income from the Telecommunication Services, rendered to the Users with the help of pay telephones, and on Operator’s call offices.

1.8. “Billing period” means the calendar month starting immediately after the month when Telecommunication Services were rendered to Users.

1.9. “Tariff” means the Service unit cost charged to the User.

1.10. “Long-Distance telecommunications” means the Telecommunication Services between Operator’s ABC zone Users and other АВС / DEF zones Users (including Users of the Operator’s other ABC zones).

1.11. “International telecommunications” means the services of telephone connection between the Users of the Operator’s ABC zone and the Users located on the territory of another country.

1.12. “Telecommunication Services” means both “Long-Distance Telecommunications” and “International Telecommunications”, rendered by Rostelecom to Users on the basis of the Public Offer, given in Appendix 1.

2. Subject Matter of the Agreement

2.1. Rostelecom entrusts the Operator and the Operator shall for renumeration to perform on behalf and at the expence of Rostelecom the following legal and real effect activities, foreseen in clauses 1, 4 and 9 of Appendix 2 to this Agreement.

2.2. The Operator shall render refundable services to Rostelecom enumerated in clauses 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of Appendix 2 to this Agreement.

3. Rights and Obligations of the Parties

3.1. Rostelecom undertakes the following obligations:

3.1.1. In accordance with the statute-established procedure, to determine the Tariffs for the Telecommunication Services, and to inform the Operator about them. In case of change of the fixed Tariffs, to inform the Operator about the like changes in written form, no later than within 30 (thirty) days before the date of introduction of the new Tariffs.

3.1.2. To pay the Operator for the Services foreseen in clause 2 of this Agreement rendered by the Operator to Rostelecom under this Agreement.

3.1.3. To issue the Operator a Power of Attorney for recovery through legal proceedings of debts of the Users for the Telecommunication Services. If necessary Rostelecom should also issue the Operator a Power of Attorney to execute other obligations foreseen by this Agreement.

3.2. Rostelecom has a right:

3.2.1. In accordance with Section 4 and Attachment No 7 to this Agreement to demand from the Operator transfer of money resources payable to Rostelecom for Telecommunication Services basing on indications of the Operator’s accounting devices.

3.2.2. To control the accuracy of the fulfillment of the Agreement by the Operator on the grounds of the Check-up Procedure in accordance with Appendix 8.

3.3. The Operator undertakes the following obligations:

3.3.1. Signing a Telecommunication Services Agreement with the Users to show the corporate name of Rostelecom rendering Long-Distance and International Telecommunication Services. To bring to the notice of the Users the information about any changes of the Tariffs for the Telecommunication Services, as well as the procedure of receiving and paying for the Telecommunication Services.

3.3.2. To keep book of the Telecommunication Services rendered the Users by Rostelecom with the use of their own communication gear.

3.3.3. To manage the billing (registration and tariffication) of the Users’ outgoing long-distance and international calls. By the Service tariffication, to apply the corresponding VAT rate to Tariffs in accordance with the procedure indicated in Appendix 4 hereunder.

3.3.4. In the Billing period to present (compose and provide) the bills on behalf of Rostelecom, for the Services rendered to the Users. Bills for the rendered services should be presented to the Users before 12th day of billing period in accordance with the current legislation together with notification that ta User should pay for Telecommunication services within 10 days from the moment of ▇▇▇▇ issuing. The bills are issued to the Users on the basis of the indications of the Operator’s communication gear. The bills for the Services rendered to the Users must be based on the Tariffs set by Rostelecom, and taking into consideration the Tariff change by Rostelecom within the context of one-time arrangements.

3.3.5. To receive on their account amounts of payment from the Users for the Services.

3.3.6. To keep book on the payment by the Users for the Telecommunication Services rendered by Rostelecom and on the indebtedness of the Users for the Telecommunication Services, to draw up documents for the correction and write-off of debts, specified in Appendix 9 hereto, to perform inventory of the indebtedness of the Users for the Telecommunication Services in the order established by Appendix 9 hereto.

3.3.7. To recover debts of the Users, arising in connection with nonpayment for the Services rendered, including the performance of claim and action proceedings against the Users connected with the payment for the Services rendered to the Users.

3.3.8. To transfer monthly the payments due to Rostelecom for the Services rendered by Rostelecom in accordance with Section 4 hereof.

3.3.9. To draw up invoices and reports for the formation of the sales log for the Telecommunication Services rendered to the Users, in accordance with Appendix 4 hereto and Appendix No.7 hereto.

3.3.10. Make out (issue and present) invoices for the Telecommunication Services, rendered to the Users, who are legal entities and individual non-incorporated entrepreneurs

3.3.11. To provide the storing of the documentation, namely: bills, drawn up for the Users for the Telecommunication Services, the Telecommunication Services Billing data, documents, proving the Users’ payment for the Telecommunication Services according to the law and the Operator’s internal regulations on archiving terms of the documentation. To provide copies, certified by the Operator of the documents on demand of Rostelecom(if necessary billing data certified on paper) or other persons in cases stipulated by the legislation within (three) 3 working days after reception of the appropriate requirement.

3.3.12. To collect and present to Rostelecom the information in the format of the established forms of statistical accounts, containing the data about the Services rendered to the Users in accordance with the form and terms indicated in Appendix 6 hereto.

3.4. The Operator has the following rights:

3.4.1. To receive from Rostelecom the payment for the fulfillment of the obligations under this Agreement in the amount and order established in Appendix 4 hereto.

3.4.2. To demand the fulfillment by the Users of their obligations on Telecommunications payment.

3.4.3. To receive from Rostelecom the information and documentation required for the fulfillment of the obligations hereunder.

3.4.4. To suspend in accordance with the established procedure the access to the Services for the Users failing to pay opportunely for the services in question.

3.5. The Parties undertake the following obligations:

3.5.1. By the fulfillment of the conditions of the Agreement - to be guided by the current law of the Russian Federation.

3.5.2. To maintain the confidential character of the conditions and provisions of the Agreement, as well as any physical, technical, economic, financial and other information concerning each of the Parties and the subject of the Agreement (“Confidential information”), and not to divulge the like information to third persons without the consent of the other Party hereunder, excluding the cases when such divulgence is required in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation. Regardless of the aforesaid, each of the Parties hereto has the right to divulge the Confidential information to their employees provided the recipient of the like information is instructed to maintain the confidential character of the former. As concerns any divulgence of the Confidential information, the Article is valid within (three) years from the expiry of the Agreement on any grounds.

3.5.3. To render the Users information and reference services via the information office in accordance with the current law.

3.5.4. The Parties shall sign on the basis of which the Operator will sign agency contracts on behalf and at the expence of Rostelecom the Agreements between Rostelecom and Associated Operators subject to conditions similar to the conditions of this Agreement.

3.5.5. During one calendar month after this Agreement enters in force to sign an agency agreement in accordance to which the Operator shall sign on behalf and at the expence of Rostelecom the Telecommunication Services Agreements with legal entities and individuals.

4. Parties’ Settlement

4.1. The mutual settlements between the Parties are performed monthly on the basis of this Agreement, the Operator’s Report in accordance with the form established in Appendix 3 hereto (“Operator’s Report”), the Acceptance Act for services rendered in accordance with the form established in Appendix 5 (hereinafter “Acceptance Act”), the Act of offsetting of claims (“Offset Act”) and the invoice for payment (“Invoice”). The amounts of payments hereunder payable by the Parties are estimated based on the following:

4.1.1. The Operator is obliged to transfer to Rostelecom 100% (one hundred per cent) of the Revenue earned for the telecommunications. The sums indicated are calculated on the basis of the Operator’s Report.

4.1.2. 4.1.2. Rostelecom is obliged to transfer to the Operator the consideration for the services rendered to Rostelecom by the Operator in accordance with paragraph 2.1. and the consideration for the performance by the Operator of the actions indicated in paras 2.2.and 2.3. of Section 2 hereof. The amount of payment, the procedure of settlement of the accounts between the Parties for the services rendered by the Operator to Rostelecom, is negotiated in Appendix 2 to the Agreement. The sums indicated are calculated on the basis of the Acceptance Act.

4.1.3. The Parties agree on the possibility of the offsetting of mutual demands (claims) indicated in paragraphs 4.1.1. and 4.1.2. of the Agreement by means of signing of the Offset Act. The transfer by the Operator to Rostelecom of the payments not liquidated by the offset is performed on the basis of the ▇▇▇▇ presented by Rostelecom.

4.1.4. Regardless of the provisions of paragraph 4.1.3., on account of the fulfillment of the obligations indicated in paragraph 4.1.1., the Operator is obliged to perform monthly not later than the 25th day of the Billing period the transfer of the minimal payment to Rostelecom in the amount of no less than 32% of the Accrued income on the basis of the ▇▇▇▇ presented by Rostelecom, in accordance with paragraph 4.3. hereof.

4.2. The Operator sends the Operator’s report to Rostelecom no later than the 7th day of the Billing month. Together with Operator’s Report the Operator directs to Rostelecom Acceptance Report and Offset Report. Copies of the Operator’s Report, Acceptance Act and invoices shall be given to Rostelecom by a facsimile transmission with confirmation report, while original documents shall be sent by registered mail with receipt acknowledged. The date of facsimile transmission shall be the effective date of documents delivery.

4.3. Rostelecom considers the documentation presented by the Operator and, in the absence of comments, approves the Operator’s report, the Acceptance Act and the Offset Act. Together with this, Rostelecom presents to the Operator the ▇▇▇▇. If Rostelecom has objections against the documents submitted by the Operator, Rostelecom shall give written notice to the Operator of such objections within three (3) business days after receipt of documents by facsimile. Together with this, Rostelecom approves the Operator’s Report, the Acceptance Act and the Offset Act with the commentaries to them, and draws up the Invoice for the payments in the amount of the undisputed sum. Copies of the Invoice and the approved Operator’s Report, Acceptance Act and Offset Act are sent to the Operator by a facsimile transmission, while the original documents shall be sent by registered mail with receipt acknowledged.

4.4. To eliminate objections against the documents submitted by the Operator, the Parties shall, within 10 business days after the date when Rostelecom gives written notice of such objections to the Operator, hold negotiations and shall reconcile / analyze their respective data. Based on the results of such reconciliation, the Parties shall execute a Report of reconciliation of mutual settlements (the “Reconciliation Report”) and, where necessary, shall adjust payments due for future Billing Periods. By signing the Reconciliation Report between the Parties, Rostelecom shall acknowledge approval of the Operator’s Report.

4.5. Not limited by the provisions of paragraph 4.1.3., the Parties agree upon the performance of the offsets of other mutual demands (obligations) on the basis of the Offset Acts.

4.6. The date of charge-off of the money from the Operator’s account is considered the date of transfer by the Operator of the payments hereunder.

4.7. All payments by the Users are to be charged to the Operator’s accounts.

4.8. Quarterly and upon necessity Rostelecom and the Operator perform the inspection of mutual settlements. The Reconciliation Report of Mutual Settlements is drawn up by the penaltyed party in two counterparts and signed by the authorized representatives of the Parties. The Party receiving the Reconciliation Report of Mutual Settlements must sign the Reconciliation Report of Mutual Settlements or present its objections concerning the reliability of the information contained in it within the period of twenty (20) days from the date of dispatch of the Reconciliation Report of Mutual Settlements.

4.9. The indebtedness of the Users for the Telecommunication Services rendered by Rostelecom is the Receivables of Rostelecom. The order of collection of such accounts receivable is established by Article 5 of the Agreement.

4.10. All other questions concerning the settlement of accounts between the Parties not indicated in this Section 4 are regulated by Appendix 7 to the Agreement.

5. General Requirements to the Performance of the Claiming and Action Proceedings

5.1. The Operator performs the claiming and action activities with the Users in accordance with the current law of the Russian Federation, the Agreement and the inner regulations of the performance of the claiming proceedings adopted by the Operator.

5.2. The Operator performs the claiming proceedings as regards the claims asserted by the Users concerning the quality of the Services rendered. The Operator also asserts claims to the Users concerning non-performance or unduly performance by the latter of their obligations on the Connection Services payments.

5.3. In the process of handling of the Users’ claims use should be made of the information and referential data of the database of the Operator.

5.4. The claiming actions on the recovery of the Users’ debts are performed by the Operator independently for the sake of Rostelecom on the ground of the power of attorney issued by Rostelecom in accordance with paragraph 3.1.3.

hereof. Irrespective of any inner regulations of the claiming proceedings adopted by the Operator and contradicting the following: In case of nonpayment by the User for the Services rendered within the period of more than three months from the moment of the payment of the corresponding ▇▇▇▇, the Operator has the right to ▇▇▇ the corresponding User.

5.5. For the performance of the claiming and action proceedings the Operator receives from Rostelecom consideration established by Appendix 2 hereto.

5.6. The operator makes cancellation of the ▇▇▇▇ for Telecommunication Services in case its of acknowledgement in the judicial order groundlessness of the claims brought to the User or at written confirmation from behalf Rostelecom. At the same time the Operator shall send to the address of Rostelecom the document of court decision, proving the inconsistency of drawn up ▇▇▇▇.

6. The Tariffs for the Long-distance and International Telecommunications

6.1. The long-distance telecommunications Tariffs are determined and changed in accordance with the current law.

6.2. The international telecommunications Tariffs are determined by Rostelecom and can be changed at any time, at that, Rostelecom is obliged to inform the Operator about the like changes in advance, in the written form, no later than 30 calendar days before the introduction of the new international telecommunications Tariffs.

6.3. The notification of the Users about the changes of the long-distance and international telecommunications Tariffs is performed by the Operator, in accordance with the current law and the inner notification procedure adopted by the Operator.

6.4. In the notification of the Operator about the Tariffs for the long-distance and international telecommunications Rostelecom should mention the inclusion into (or exclusion from) the Tariff of the rates and sums of indirect taxes collected from the Users.

6.5. When non-recurrent actions, directed on temporary decrease/increase of the Telecommunication Services Tariffs for the Users because of limited period of time, Rostelecom shall send the Operator a written notification no later than 15 calendar days in advance if such actions are conducted.

7. Responsibility of the Parties

7.1. The Parties undertake the responsibility for the non-performance or unduly performance of the obligations under the Agreement in accordance with the current law of the Russian Federation.

7.2. In case of violation by the Operator of the terms of fulfillment of their obligations for the transfer of payments due to Rostelecom, Rostelecom has the right to claim from the Operator the penalty in the amount of 1/300 of the refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for every day of delay, of the sum payable by the Operator. The Operator is obliged to pay to Rostelecom the penalty within the period of ten (10) banking days from the moment of the receipt of the corresponding payment demand.

7.3. In case of the presentation by the Operator of unreliable data in the Report, provided that the amount payable calculated on the basis of the unreliable Report data is smaller than the sum based on the amount of the actual Services rendered, Rostelecom has the right to charge to the Operator the forfeit in the form of penalty. The amount of the forfeit constitutes 1/300 of the refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for every day starting from the day of presentation of unreliable data when the discrepancy of the data was discovered, till the moment of transfer by the Operator of the monies to be paid. The like forfeit in the form of the penalty is calculated on the basis of the disparity between the amount of payments calculated on the basis of the reliable data and the amount of payments calculated on the basis of the unreliable data. The penalty, as well as the deficient payments to Rostelecom must be paid within the period of ten (10) banking days from the moment of the receipt of the corresponding payment demand.

7.4. In case of provision or (or delayed provision) of the report by the Operator, Rostelekom has the right to impose the penalty on the Operator in the way of one thirties from the amount of calculated debt for the reporting month, calculated by Rostelecom on the basis of traffic amount sent from the network of the Operator to the network of Rostelecom, for each day starting from the date the information was to be sent untill the date of actual sending of the information. This forfeit must be paid within the period of ten (10) banking days from the moment of the receipt of the corresponding payment demand.

7.5. In case of violation by Rostelecom of their obligations for the remuneration of the services rendered by the Operator, the Operator has the right to demand from Rostelecom the payment of the forfeit in the form of penalty, in the amount of 1/300 of the refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Russia Federation for every day of payment delinquency. The Rostelecom is obliged to pay to the Operator the penalty within the period of ten (10) banking days from the moment of the receipt of the corresponding payment demand.

7.6. In case of untimely approval by Rostelecom of the Report, the Operator’s Report or the presented invoice, the Operator has the right to demand from Rostelecom the payment of the forfeit in the form of penalty, in the amount of 1/300 of the refinancing rate of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation for every day, starting from the day when such Report or Reconciliation Report was to be approved, until the day when such Report or Reconciliation Report was actually approved and delivered to the Operator, from the amount payable. This forfeit must be paid within the period of ten (10) banking days from the moment of the receipt of the corresponding payment demand.

7.7. In case of untimely submission by Rostelecom of the notifications indicted in paras 6.2. and 6.5. hereof, the Operator has the right to demand the forfeit in the form of fine, in the amount of one thousand (10,000) rubles for every fact of such violation.

7.8. If in the result of submission of unreliable data in the Operator’s Report, improper invoicing by the Operator, improper formation of the sections of the sales log or purchase log, improper application by the Operator of the VAT rate in accordance with paragraph 3.3.3, untimely submission of documentation by the Operator to Rostelecom, in accordance with paragraph 3.3.11, additional tax obligations, as well as fines and punitive sanctions for the violation of the tax and/or administrative law will be imposed on the Operator, Rostelecom has the right to demand the stated sums from the Operator. This right of Rostelecom arises after the conclusion of the court appeal of the tax authorities and on the condition that the Operator is brought to participation in the proceedings or is informed about all facts of the dispute. In any case, the amount of responsibility of the Operator must not exceed the amount of their consideration.

7.9. The forfeits indicated in paragraphs 7.3 and 7.4 of this Agreement can be collected from the Operator by Rostelecom on the condition of observance by the former of the terms established by paragraphs 4.2-4.4 hereof.

7.10. All forfeits under the Agreement are charged in addition to any amounts of losses the recovery of which can be demanded by the Party charging the corresponding forfeit upon the Party which has violated the conditions of the Agreement, in accordance with the Agreement and the current law of the Russian Federation.

8. Force Majeure Circumstances

8.1. The Parties are released from responsibility for non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of their obligations on the Agreement, if they prove, that proper fulfillment was impossible due to force majeure, which means extreme, unforeseen and inevitable circumstances in given conditions.

8.2. The Party that has suffered the influence of the force majeure circumstances must notify the other Party within the period of ten (10) days about the character, type and the presumable duration of the force majeure influence, as well as indicate the fulfillment of which obligations under the Agreement it affects, and to produce evidence of the occurrence of such circumstances. In case of lack of notification the Party affected by the force majeure influence cannot refer to the influence of the force majeure circumstances at a later time as to the cause exempting them from liability.

8.3. The occurrence of force majeure circumstances extends the terms of the fulfillment by the Parties of the obligations hereunder proportionate to the duration of their influence. If the influence of the force majeure circumstances lasts longer than six months, the Parties are obliged, upon proposal of one of the Parties, to coordinate the further actions and/or the possibility of denouncement of the Agreement.

9. Settlement of Disputes

9.1. The Parties should attempt to settle any dispute under the Agreement by means of negotiations, and in the case of impossibility to reach a mutually acceptable decision within the period of 30 days from the moment of appeal by the penaltyed Party to the other Party, each of the Parties has the right to initiate the transfer of the like dispute for it to be considered by the arbitration tribunal in accordance with the RF Code of Arbitration Procedure.

10. Notifications

10.1. Any notifications and other messages subject to the transmission from one Party to the other must be transmitted in written form to the following addresses:

If the Operator is the addressee:

Russian Federation,

Physical address: 350000 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇., ▇▇

Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

Contact person: ▇.▇. ▇▇▇▇▇

E-mail: ▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.▇▇

If Rostelecom is the addressee:

Russian Federation,

Physical address: 344006, Rostov-on-Don, Pushkinskaya st., 152

Telephone: (▇▇▇) ▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇

Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

Contact person: A.N. Statsenko

E-mail: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇@▇▇.▇▇.▇▇

10.2. Each of the Parties can change their address by means of a written notification of the other Party, as indicated in this paragraph.

11. Effective date of the Agreement and its validity term

11.1. This Agreement is valid from the moment of its signing by the Parties.

11.2. Rights and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement commence in case the below mentioned conditions are observed:

11.2.1. Competent authorities of Rostelecom take the decision to approve this deal in the order prescribed by the law in force and/or by the constituent instruments of Rostelecom for considering the issues on conclusion agreements if there is an interest in them.

11.2.2. Competent authorities of the Operator take the decision to approve this deal in the order prescribed by the law in force and/or by the constituent instruments of the Operator for considering the issues on conclusion agreements if there is an interest in them.

11.3. The Agreement is valid for the period of one year from the moment of its coming into effect. If neither Party announces termination of this Agreement thirty (30) calendar days before its stated expiration, this Agreement shall be automatically extended for each subsequent year. There shall not be any limit to the number of periods for which this Agreement may be extended.

12. Miscellaneous

12.1. Any changes and addenda to the Agreement are valid only when they are made in written form and signed by the representatives of the Parties, in this case they constitute an integral part of it.

12.2. The procedure of termination hereof is determined by the current law of the Russian Federation.

12.3. All appendices to the Agreement constitute an integral part of it.

12.4. Appendix List:

Appendix No 1 Form of Public Offer.

Appendix No. 2 Cost of services and amount of agency fee of the Operator.

Appendix No 3 Operator’s Report on the Services rendered to the Users (for each branch of the Operator).

Appendix No. 4 Peculiarities of the interaction of Rostelecom and the Operator for the provision of the observance of the VAT law.

Appendix No. 5 Acceptance act for services rendered.

Appendix No. 6 List of reporting forms.

Appendix No. 7 Settlement procedure.

Appendix No. 8 Check-up procedure.

Appendix No. 9 Regulations for handling of receivables and payables.

12.5. Within 20 (twenty) days from the moment of the Resolution of the government of the Russioan Federation specify ing new regulations for rendering of services of long-distance and international communication, the Parties are

obliged to make changes to the Appendix 1 in case of contradictions of public offer (Appendix 1) and the regulations.

12.6. The Agreement is drawn up in two (2) counterparts in the Russian language, each of the counterparts having the equal legal effect, one counterpart for each of the Parties.

13. Signatures of Parties

OAO Rostelecom:		ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company:


Legal address: 127047, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇., ▇		Legal address: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇., ▇▇

Physical address: 344006, Rostov-on-Don, Pushkinskaya st., 152		Physical address: 350000 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇., ▇▇

Bank details:		Bank details:

Acc. 40702810652000101690		Acc. 40702810330010120048
with South-Western bank of RF SB, Rostov-on-Don		with Krasnodar OSB 8619, Krasnodar

Correspondent account:		Correspondent account:

BIC ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, TIN 7707049388,		BIC ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, TIN 2308025192,

OKONKh 52300,OKPO 01152551,		OKPO 01151037, KPP 997750001

KPP 774050001


General Director		General Director

OAO Rostelecom		ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company


/signed/ ▇.▇▇. Yerokhin		/signed/ G.A. Romsky

January 01, 2006		January 01, 2006

Seal here		Seal here

Appendix No. 1

to Agreement No. ▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇

dated January 01, 2006

Form of Public Offer

PUBLIC OFFER

On the conclusion of the long-distance and international telecommunications agreement

Rostelecom, Open Joint-Stock Company for Long-Distance and International Telecommunications, hereinafter, “Rostelecom” (hereinafter — the Operator), acting on the basis of License for the provision of Long-Distance and International Telecommunications No 29777 dated 11.12.2003, represented by General Director Dmitry Yevgenievich Yerokhin, authorized to act by Charter, will sign Long-Distance and International Telecommunications Agreement with any person meeting the criteria set in Para. 1.3,

1. DEFINITIONS:

1.1. “Agreement” means Long-Distance and International Telecommunications Agreement signed through the accept by the User of this Public Offer in accordance with below mentioned clause 2 with all Appendices, Amendments, Addenda and Additional Agreements to it. Any reference in the offer to the Agreement (Article of the Agreement) and/or its conditions means a corresponding reference to the present public order (its Article) and/or its conditions.

1.2. “Local Operator” means a telecommunication operator meeting all the following criteria:

1.2.1. the operator has the license for local telecommunication in the Russian Federation;

1.2.2. telecommunication network of this operator has an output to the PTN of the Russian Federation;

1.2.3. the User is a Subscriber of the Operator;

1.2.4. operator provides the User access to the Telecommunication Services.

1.2.5. operator has the right to perform actions connected to billing the Users for the Telecommunication Services rendered by the Operator on the basis of the Agreement signed with the Operator or on the basis of the Agreement with a legal entity, to which the Operator granted the right and/or imposed the obligation to sign such an Agreement with an operator.

1.3. “User” means a legal entity or a individual who is a Subscriber of the Local operator and made an acceptance in the order described in clause 3 as result of which this Agreement deemed signed between this person or entity and the Operator.

1.4. “Billing period” means a calendar month during which the Telecommunication Services was rendered to the User.

1.5. “Parties” shall mean the Operator and the User. The Operator and the User may also be individually referred to as the “Party”.

1.6. “Tariff” shall mean the price at which settlements shall take place between the Parties with respect to Telecommunications.

1.7. “Telecommunication Services” shall mean long-distance and international telecommunication services which shall be rendered by the Operator to the User hereunder, whether with the aid of an automated service system or via an operator.

2. SUBJECT MATTER OF THE AGREEMENT

2.1. The Operator herewith undertakes to provide Telecommunications to the User, whereas the User undertakes to effect payments for such Telecommunications on the terms and conditions and in the manner herein stated.

3. SIGNING AGREEMENT

3.1. Individual or legal entity, a Subscriber of the Local Operator, considers to sign the Agreement with the Operator and accept all the condition of this Public Offer in the following case:

3.1.1. performing by a individual or a legal entity, a Subscriber of the Local Operator, effective subsequent actions with the purpose of getting the Telecommunication Services from the Operator by using automatic servicing system — dialing “8” from the User’s equipment of the abovementioned individual or legal entity, connected to the correspondent Subscription line of the Local Operator; dialing prefix of Rostelecom, or

3.1.2. performing by a individual or a legal entity, a Subscriber of the Local Operator, effective subsequent actions with the purpose of getting the Telecommunication Services from the Operator by using Delay operation system, and namely:

4. Dialing of a telephone number indicated by the Local Operator for the purpose of getting access to Long-distance or International Telecommunication Services, rendered by Rostelecom;

5. Placing of a Long-distance or International Telecommunications through the telecommunication operator of the Local Operator service.

5.1.1. Getting telephone connection as a results of actions, indicated in subclause a) or subclause b) of para.

5.2. Individual or legal entity, a Subscriber of the Local Operator, from the moment the telephone connection is completed indicated in para. 3.1.2, becomes the User acquiring all the rights and obligations of the User set in this Agreement.

6. TELECOMMUNICATIONS RENDERING TERMS AND CONDITIONS

6.1. Upon entering into this Agreement with the Operator, the User shall become entitled to the Telecommunication Services, whereas Rostelecom shall be obligated to provide the Telecommunication Services to the User, subject to technical possibility and provided that the User has access to long-distance and international telecommunication services.

6.2. To get the Telecommunication Services on automatic servicing system, the User shall perform the actions enumerated in subclause a) of para. 3.1.1. of the Agreement; to get the Telecommunication Services on Delay operation servicing system, the User shall perform the actions enumerated in subclause b) of Para. 3.1.1. of the Agreement.

6.3. Access to Long-distance or International Telecommunication rendered to the User from his/her Subscription number, provided to the User by the Local Operator, can be suspended according to the initiative of the Operator in the cases enumerated in para. 8.3 of the Agreement.

6.4. Where technical possibility for the rendering of the Telecommunication Services to the User is partially unavailable, the Operator may limit number of call orders and call duration or, where such technical possibility for the rendering of the Telecommunication Services is not available altogether, may deny Telecommunication Services.

6.5. The User must be notified about the introduction of limitations at the moment of order taking or in the moment of rendering of telecommunications by order service system.

6.6. In case of any long-lasting limitations on the use of telecommunication services, telecommunication operator shall undertake to inform the User accordingly using mass media, inquiry services, announcements in public telecommunication facilities, etc.

6.7. The User which is a private individual herewith agrees that effective from the moment of his/her entering into this Agreement, his/her personal details may be included in inquiry service databases and may be used for the provision of inquiry and other information services by the Operator or third parties.

6.8. The Parties agree that, as the Local Operator has the right of billing the User for the Telecommunication Services rendered and the right to perform the claiming activity against the User, the User agrees consequently to accept the bills of the Local Operator for the Telecommunication Services, to make payments to the Local Operator for the Telecommunication Services rendered to the User and if the necessity occurs to send to the address of the Local Operator the claims to the Operator caused by the failure of the Operator to fulfill or failure to fulfill in due manner its obligations under the Agreement, as if all the abovementioned activities of the Local Operator were performed directly by the Operator.

7. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES

7.1. The Operator undertakes the following obligations:

7.1.1. To render the User the Telecommunication Services in compliance with the law of the Russian Federation, national standards, technical norms and guidelines, license and the Agreement;

7.1.2. To render the User the Telecommunication Services according to the quality required by the law of the Russian Federation in force.

7.1.3. To provide timely billing for the Telecommunication Services rendered.

7.1.4. Notify the User via mass media of any changes in the service terms and conditions, methods of payment for the Telecommunication Services, at least 7 days before any such changes take effect. The notification of the User about the change of the Tariffs for the Telecommunication Services is sent by the Local Operator in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation in force and the internal notification procedure, approved by the Local Operator no later than 10 days before the day of introducing new Tariffs for the Telecommunication Services.

7.1.5. Perform other Operator’s obligations as provided for in the applicable law of the Russian Federation and this Agreement.

7.2. The User undertakes to:

7.2.1. Pay for the Telecommunication Services provided to it within the time frames envisaged by, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement.

7.2.2. Perform other User’s obligations as provided for in the applicable law of the Russian Federation and this Agreement.

8. RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES

8.1. The Telecommunication Operator has the right to:

8.1.1. Change, on a unilateral basis, the Tariffs, payment terms and conditions and time frames pursuant to Paragraph 5.1.4 above.

8.1.2. Initiate temporary suspension of User’s access to the long-distance and international telecommunication services in circumstances referred to in Paragraph 4.3. of this Contract

8.2. The User shall have the right to:

8.2.1. Raise objections against bills issued to it, in the manner described in Article 9 below.

9. PAYMENT PROCEDURE

9.1. The User shall pay for the Telecommunication Services rendered under the Agreement exclusively to the Local Operator at the conditions of this clause 7. Monetary obligations of the User for the Telecommunication Services rendered to him/her expire from the moment of making a payment for the Telecommunication Services to the Local Operator

9.2. Tariffs for international telecommunications are established and changed in accordance with the current law of Russian Federation.

9.3. International Telecommunications Tariffs shall be established by the Operator and may be revised at any time.

9.4. The payment for the services is made on a monthly basis, within a 10-day period from the day of billing for the Services rendered in the previous Billing period.

9.5. The payment for the services is made by the User in cash at the desk of the Local Operator or by payment order transferring onto the account of the Local Operator, or by any other means, set by the Local Operator.

9.6. Each Telecommunications ▇▇▇▇ shall identify the amount stated therein as payment for the Telecommunications provided by Rostelecom.

10. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PARTIES

10.1. The Operator and the User hold the responsibility in accordance with the law of the Russian Federation in force, the Regulations of the provision of the Telecommunication Services and the Agreement.

10.2. The Operator holds the responsibility for the quality of the services rendered.

10.3. If the User delays payment or is otherwise in breach of any requirements set forth by the Russian Law “On Telecommunications”, the Regulations, or this Agreement, the Operator may initiate, on a unilateral basis, suspension of the User’s access to the Telecommunication Services until the User shall have settled any outstanding debt or, respectively, rectified other breaches committed by the User.

10.4. For the breach of the payment terms the Local Operator has the right charge the User the forfeit in the form of penalty interest in the amount of 0.5% of the cost of the Telecommunication Services rendered in the previous Billing Period for each day of the payment delay. The User shall pay such penalty to the Local operator within 5 days after the claim for such penalty is made by the Local operator.

11. DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

11.1. In case of arguments and disputes arising from the agreement they are subject to regulation in claim order. The claim work with the User according to the Artcile 4.6 is performed by the Local operator upon the request of the Operator.

11.2. The complaints of the User to the Operator in connection to the execution of the Agreement by the latter are sent by the User to the Local Operator in the order and in terms prescribed by the law of the Russian Federation in force. If a complaint lodged by the User is rejected in full or in part, or if no response is given to such a complaint within the time frames prescribed by the Russian law for the review of such a complaint, the User may initiate a court action at the Local Operator’s location.

11.3. In case of full or partial non-execution of the payment obligations obligations by the User the Local operator has the right to claim it to the User. In case of refuse of the claim by the User fully or partially or absence of the answer from the User within 3 months from the date of due payment of the invoice issued by the local Operator, the local operator as the right to appeal to the court at the User’s jurisdiction. In case of full or partial refuse of other claim of the local operator related to this agreement or in case of absence of the answer of the User for this claim for more than a months from the date it was send by the local operator the latter has the right to appeal to the court at the User’s jurisdiction.

12. FORCE MAJEURE

12.1. The Parties are released from responsibility for non-fulfillment or improper fulfillment of their obligations on the Agreement, if they prove, that proper fulfillment was impossible due to force majeure, which means extreme, unforeseen and inevitable circumstances in given conditions.

12.2. The occurrence of force majeure circumstances extends the terms of the fulfillment by the Parties of the obligations hereunder proportionate to the duration of their influence. If the influence of the force majeure circumstances lasts longer than six months, the Parties are obliged, upon proposal of one of the Parties, to coordinate the further actions and/or the possibility of denouncement of the Agreement.

13. ERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT

13.1. This Agreement may be terminated prior to its stated expiration date in circumstances and in the manner provided for by the law of the Russian Federation.

13.2. Upon termination of this Agreement the Parties shall settle all mutually outstanding accounts.

14. PERIOD OF VALIDITY OF THE AGREEMENT

14.1. This Agreement comes into effect from the day when a legal entity or a individual who is a Subscriber of the Local operator, makes an acceptance of this Public Offer in the order described in clause 3. The validity term of the Agreement is sine die.

15. MISCELLANEOUS

15.1. The Operator and the User herewith acknowledge that all terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties.

15.2. The User is aware of, and consents to, the available Telecommunication Services parameters as regards their quality, reliability and limitations.

15.3. The User is aware of the Regulations of the provision of the Telecommunication Services and consents to abide them.

OAO Rostelecom:		ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company:


General Director		General Director

OAO Rostelecom		ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company


/signed/ ▇.▇▇. Yerokhin		/signed/ G.A. Romsky

January 01, 2006		January 01, 2006

Seal here		Seal here

Appendix No. 2
to Agreement No. ▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇
dated January 01, 2006
Form of Public Offer

Cost of services and amount of agency fee of the Operator

Ref. No.		Items	Price
1.	COLLECTING SUBSCRIBER PAYMENTS, % of the accrued income		6.25	%
2.	THE PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR THE CALL OF THE SUBSCRIBER PROCESSING WHEN PROVIDING THE ACCESS TO LD/INTERN. TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES THROUGH THE DELAY AND IMMEDIATE SYSTEMS OF SERVICING, rubles/min		11.43
3.	BILLING PROCESSING OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, rubles/min		0.075
4.	CLAIMING AND ACTION PROCEEDINGS, % of the accrued income		2.5	%
5.	DRAWING UP, PRINTING, STORING, MAKING ▇▇▇▇ COPIES, rubles/min		0.04
6.	DRAWING UP, PRINTING, STORING, MAKING INVOICE COPIES, ACTS OF PERFORMED WORKS, SIGNING RECONCILIATION REPORTS WITH CLIENTS, rubles/min		0.063
7.	PREPARATION OF THE REPORTING FORMS, rubles/set		1,205,324
8.	DOCUMENTATION DELIVERY, rubles/min		0.025
9.	INFORMATION AND HELPLINE SERVICES FOR CLIENTS, rubles/min		0.05

Comment:

1. The cost of the services and the Operator’s consideration are indicated excluding the VAT.

2. According to the results of the Agreement execution by the Parties in the first quarter of 2006, the Parties can sign an Additional Agreement on changing the cost of services and the Operator’s remuneration set in this Appendix. In case the Parties decide to sign such an Additional Agreement the parties shall sign it on 01.07.2006.

3. The amount of the Accrued and Received income is determined on the basis of the Operator’s Report.

4. For the service indicated in clause 2 of this Appendix the measurement unit is ▇▇▇▇▇ per minute of connection through the immediate and delay servicing systems. In lines 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 hereof the measurement unit is ▇▇▇▇▇ per minute of the outgoing long-distance or international traffic.

OAO Rostelecom:

Legal address: 127047, ▇▇▇▇▇▇,
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇., ▇
Physical address: 344006, Rostov-on-Don, Pushkinskaya st., 152

Bank details:
Acc. 40702810652000101690
with South-Western bank of RF SB, Rostov-on-Don
Correspondent account:
BIC ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, TIN 7707049388,
OKONKh 52300,OKPO 01152551,
KPP 774050001

General Director
OAO Rostelecom

/signed/ ▇.▇▇. Yerokhin
January 01, 2006
Seal here

ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company:

Legal address: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇., ▇▇
Physical address: 350000 ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇., ▇▇

Bank details:
Acc. 40702810330010120048
with Krasnodar ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ account:
BIC ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, TIN 2308025192,
OKPO 01151037, KPP 997750001

General Director
ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company

/signed/ G.A. Romsky
January 01, 2006
Seal here

Appendix No. 3
to Agreement No. ▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇
dated January 01, 2006
Form of Public Offer

Report of the Operator
on the accrued income paid for the services rendered to the Users
Under Contract No. _________ dt.

Form 1.1

The report on the volumes and accrued income for the international telecommunications rendered to individuals (direction- and time-wise)

In rubles.

Direction

Line

Without

Tariff

Traffic

Direction

code

minutes

Tariff

VAT

Total

category

type

Total

100

Form 1.2

The report on the volumes and accrued income for the international telecommunications rendered to self-sustained organizations (direction- and time-wise)

In rubles.

Direction

Line

Without

Tariff

Traffic

Direction

code

minutes

Tariff

VAT

Total

category

type

Total

200

Form 1.3

The report on the volumes and accrued income for the international telecommunications rendered to budgetary organizations (direction- and time-wise)

In rubles.

Direction

Line

Without

Tariff

Traffic

Direction

code

minutes

Tariff

VAT

Total

category

type

Total

300

Form 1.4

The report on the volumes and accrued income for the long-distance telecommunications rendered to individuals in (direction- and time-wise)

In rubles.

Direction

Line

Without

Tariff

Traffi

Direction

code

minutes

Tariff

VAT

Total

category

type

Total

400

Form 1.5

The report on the volumes and accrued income for the long-distance telecommunications rendered to self-sustained organizations (direction- and time-wise)

In rubles.

Direction

Line

Without

Tariff

Traffic

Direction

code

minutes

Tariff

VAT

Total

category

type

Total

500

Form 1.6

The report on the volumes and accrued income for the long-distance telecommunications rendered to budgetary organizations (direction- and time-wise)

In rubles.

Direction

Line

Without

Tariff

Traffic

Direction

code

minutes

Tariff

VAT

Total

category

type

Total

600

Form 1.7

The consolidated report of the Operator on the volumes and accrued income for the international and long-distance telecommunications rendered to all categories of users

			In rubles.
Direction	Line code	In minutes	Without VAT	VAT	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6
International telecommunications, total	10
Individuals	20
Self-sustained organizations	30
Budgetary organizations	40
International telecommunications, total	50
Individuals	60
Self-sustained organizations	70
Budgetary organizations	80
total	90

Notes to the Forms:

1) Rostelecom offers the Operator the blank of the Forms 1.1-1.7 to be filled (in the Excel format). There is a front sheet similar to the front sheet filled in when the form is submitted to the forms of the state statistical reports attached in Appendix 6 of this Agreement.

2) The Operator submits the Reports on amounts of income and on the accrued income for the service rendered (models of forms 1.1.-1.7.) for all the Operator’s and Associated Operators’ ABC zones.

3) Destination (names of foreign countries and international zones) with classification according to OAO Rostelecom Tariffs of Long-Distance and International Telecommunications and their codes is indicated in lines of the Forms 1.1-1.6.

4) In the columns “Tariff category” of the Forms 1.1-1.6 the conventional code of the entry affiliation to the tariff category is indicated. The list of the codes is drawn up by OAO Rostelecom depending on the tariffs applied.

The following code system is applied:

32		16		8		4		2		1
Method of connection				LD/ Inter		Working days/ week-ends		Tariff

Method of connection:

00 — Automatic method (automatic)

01 — International pay telephone (IPT) and automatic call office (ACO)

10 — With the help of an operator without the possibility of automatic connection (non-automatic destinations)

11 — With the help of an operator (delay)

Type of connection:

0 — Long-Distance telecommunication (highway)

1 — International telecommunication (foreign countries)

Day:

0 — Working days

1 — Week-ends and holidays

Tariff

The smaller Tariff corresponds to the bigger code. The most expensive tariff should have “0” code.

5) In line “Traffic type” Traffic code is indicated: 1- automatic, 2- operator, 3- IPT and ACO.

6) Lines “Line code” of Forms 1.1-1.7 are not filled in by the Operator.

Form 2. The Operator’s report on the payments for the long-distance and international telecommunications of OAO Rostelecom in_______________

2.1. Service rendering, service payments, service arrears variation in __________, rubles, kopecks

Service arrears by

Services rendered during the accounting month

the beginning of the
accounting month

Long-distance
telecommunications

International
telecommunications

Service payments for
the accounting month

Period of
service

For the
services liable
to income tax at
the rate of 18%

For the
services
liable to
income
tax at

Services liable
to income tax
at the rate
of 18%

Services
liable to
income
tax at

Services liable
to income tax at
the rate of 18%

Services
liable to
income
tax at

For the
services liable
to income tax at
the rate of 18%

For the
services
liable to
income
tax at

Description

month

year

Line
code

Total
sum

Including
VAT

the rate
of 0%

Total
sum

Including
VAT

the rate
of 0%

Total
sum

Including
VAT

the rate
of 0%

Total
sum

Including
VAT

the rate
of 0%

Total

Prepayment accounted for service
payments in the accounting month

Service arrears
adjustment

Debt write-off
connected with inventory

Service arrears by the end
of the accounting month

For the
services liable
to income tax
at the rate of 18%

For the
services
liable to
income tax

For the
services liable
to income tax
at the rate of 18%

For the
services
liable to
income tax

For the
services liable
to income tax
at the rate of 18%

For the
services
liable to
income tax

For the
services liable
to income tax
at the rate of 18%

For the
services
liable to
income tax

Total sum

Including
VAT

at the rate
of 0%

Total sum

Including
VAT

at the rate
of 0%

Total sum

Including
VAT

at the rate
of 0%

Total sum

Including
VAT

at the rate
of 0%

2.2 Service prepayment flow in ________ month, rubles, kopecks

Prepayment arrears by the
beginning of the accounting month

Prepayment received in the
accounting month

Prepayment accounted for service
payments in the accounting month

Prepayment
period

For the services
liable to income
tax at the rate of
18%

For the services
liable to income
tax at the rate of
0%

For the services
liable to income
tax at the rate of
18%

For the services
liable to income
tax at the rate of
0%

Services liable to
income tax at
the rate of
18%

Services liable to
income tax at
the rate of
0%

Description

Month

year

Line
code

total

Including
VAT

total

Including
VAT

total

Including
VAT

total

Including
VAT

Total
sum

Including
VAT

Total
sum

Including
VAT

Total

Correction of prepayment
arrears received in
connection with inventory

Write-off of prepayment arrears
received in connection with inventory

Prepayment arrears by the end
of the accounting month

For the services liable
to income tax
at the rate of 18%

Services liable
to income tax
at the rate of 0%

For the services liable
to income tax
at the rate of 18%

Services liable
to income tax
at the rate of 0%

For the services liable
to income tax
at the rate of 18%

Services liable
to income tax
at the rate of 0%

total

Including
VAT

Total sum

Including
VAT

total

Including
VAT

Total sum

Including
VAT

total

Including
VAT

Total sum

Including
VAT

Notes:

- Rostelecom offers the Operator the blank of Form 2 to be filled (in the Excel format). There is a front sheet similar to the front sheet filled in when the form is submitted to the forms of the state statistical reports attached in Appendix 6 of this Agreement.

- Columns “Description” and “Line code” are not filled in by the Operator.

- The reports are filled out in the context of the periods of service rendering: one line of the report corresponds to one service period, the information is provided about service payment arrears, service rendering etc. during the current accounting period.

The columns “Correction of arrears...” and “Write-off of arrears...” are filled periodically and on the basis of the documents indicated in Appendix 9 hereto.

OAO Rostelecom:

General Director
OAO Rostelecom

/signed/ ▇.▇▇. Yerokhin
January 01, 2006
Seal here

ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company:

General Director
ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company

/signed/ G.A. Romsky
January 01, 2006
Seal here

Appendix No. 4

to Agreement No. ▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇

dated January 01, 2006

Form of Public Offer

Peculiarities of the Interaction of Rostelecom and the Operator
for the Provision of the Observance of the VAT Law

Drawing up of invoices and submittal of documentation on VAT

1. The Operator draws up invoices in the form approved by the Governmental Regulation of the Russian Federation No.914 of 02.12.2000, only for the services of Rostelecom rendered to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs without the establishment of a legal entity, as well as for the prepayment services of Rostelecom rendered to the mentioned categories of Users.

The lines of the invoices are filled as follows:

Number of invoice line		Order of filling out (what is indicated)
1		2
1		Invoice number. The number has the structure ХХХХХХХХ.АААААААА-РТК (21 characters), where ХХХХХХХХ — a unique number — the company code assigned to the Operator (legal entity) by Rostelecom. АААААААА — invoice ordinal number. The uniqueness of the number is secured by the Operator.
2		Company name (OAO Rostelecom)
2а		Legal address of the company (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇. ▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇)
2б		TIN 7707049388 / KPP of the direction of the company subsidiary, with which the Agreement is concluded
3		Dash
4		Dash
5		By invoicing (in a single copy) by the receipt of prepayment or by the rendering of the services at the expense of the earlier received prepayments — details of the payment-accounting document (payment order), otherwise — dash
6		Name of the client (central agency)
6a		Legal address of the client (central agency)
6b		TIN of the client / KPP of the organization department of the client organization

1.1. Column 1 of the invoice must contain the phrase “Long-distance telecommunications”, “International telecommunications” or “Long-distance and international telecommunications” the number and date of the agreement concluded between Rostelecom and the Users-legal entities, (if the like agreement was concluded by drawing up a single document) or the phrase Public offer of the OAO Rostelecom dated (if the like agreement was concluded in any other way). The invoices for the services of Rostelecom rendered to the population, as well as for the prepayment for the services of Rostelecom received from the population are not drawn. For the registration in the account-book the Operator draws up (in a paper form) consolidated invoices: а) for the total cost of the Services of Rostelecom, rendered to the population during the accounting period; b) for the aggregate prepayments received from the individual user within the period under review on account of the rendering of the services by Rostelecom. In line 6 of such invoices the client name “Population” is indicated, and lines 6 а and 6 b are not filled. For the registration in the purchase book the Operator draws up a similar invoice for the sum of the prepayment received for the services of Rostelecom from the population, on account of which the services of Rostelecom were rendered in the accounting period.

1.2. To facilitate the signing of invoices for the Users for the services rendered by Rostelecom on behalf of Rostelecom, Rostelecom issues a power of attorney for the right of signing of invoices on behalf of Rostelecom to the Operator’s employees in accordance with the lists provided by the latter.

1.3. The Operator draws up reports in respect of the services of Rostelecom, the reports for the formation of sales and purchase logs by Rostelecom. The reports for the formation of sales and purchase logs are drawn up in accordance with the Regulations of keeping log books of the received and composed invoices, sales and purchase logs by the adjustment of VAT, approved by the Governmental Regulation of the Russian Federation ▇▇ ▇▇.▇▇▇ of 02.12.2000, taking into consideration the specified details.

1.4. The Report for the formation of the sales log is drawn up in accordance with Form 1.

1.5. In the Report for the formation of the sales log the Operator registers the invoices for the services of Rostelecom, rendered to the Users during the accounting period, as well as the invoices for the prepayment received from the Users during the accounting period on account of the rendering of the services of Rostelecom. Besides, the Operator registers in the Report for the formation of the sales log the consolidated invoice for the cost of the services of Rostelecom, rendered to the population during the accounting period and the sum of the prepayment received from the Users during the accounting period on account of the rendering of the services of Rostelecom (see above). By the registration of such invoices in column 2 the client name “Population” is indicated, and columns 3, 3а, 3b of the Report are not filled. As regards the cost of the services of Rostelecom and the sum of the prepayment on account of the rendering of the services of Rostelecom, that were included into the consolidated invoices registered in the Report for the formation of the sales log, the Operator draws up a Register according to Form 2 (at that, the sums included into the Register are assigned the numeration of the corresponding invoices).

1.6. The Report for the formation of the purchase log is drawn up in accordance with Form 3.

1.7. In the Report for the formation of the purchase log the Operator registers the invoices for the prepayment for the services of Rostelecom, on account of which the services of Rostelecom were rendered during the accounting period. Besides, the Operator registers in the Report for the formation of the purchase log the consolidated invoice for the prepayment for the services of Rostelecom received from the population, on account of which the services of Rostelecom were rendered during the accounting period (see above). By the registration of such invoices in column 5 of the Report the seller name “Population” is indicated, and columns 3-4, 5а, 5b, 6 of the Report are not filled. As regards the prepayments included into the consolidated invoice registered in the Report for the formation of the purchase log, the Operator draws up a Register according to Form 4.

1.8. Every month, the Operator must present to Rostelecom the following documents:

1.8.1. The Report for the formation of the sales log for the month under review (according to Form 1). The Report is presented in paper form (paper-bound, signed by the Director and Chief Accountant of the Operator) and in the electronic form (in the format DBF DBASE IV);

1.8.2. The Report for the formation of the purchase log for the accounting month (according to Form 3). The Report is presented in paper form (paper-bound, signed by the Director and Chief Accountant of the Operator) and in the electronic form (in the format DBF DBASE IV);

1.8.3. The Registers of the Services of Rostelecom and the prepayments included into the consolidated invoices registered in the Reports for the formation of the sales and purchase logs in the accounting month (according to Forms 2 and 4). The Registers are presented in the electronic form (in the format DBF DBASE IV).

1.9. All the indicated documents are drawn up and presented covering the activity of the Operator as a whole.

1.10. The Reports for the formation of the sales and purchase logs are presented no later than the 18th day of the month following the accounting month (bound — by courier). The Registers of the Services of Rostelecom and the prepayments included into the consolidated invoices are presented no later than the 20th day of the third month following the accounting month.

2. The order of the application to the rendering of the services of the 0% VAT rate and the presentation of the documentation proving the validity of the application of the 0% VAT rate

2.1. In accordance with paragraph 7 entry 1 of article 164 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation the 0% VAT rate is applied by the rendering of the services of Rostelecom for the official use by the international diplomatic and equated to them representatives or for personal use by the diplomatic or administrative and technical personnel of these representative offices, including the resident family members, provided the law of the corresponding foreign country establishes the similar order in relation to the diplomatic and equated to them representative offices of the Russian Federation and their employees or if the similar form is indicated in the international agreement of the Russian Federation.

2.2. At the time of the conclusion of the present agreement the list of the countries in relation to the diplomatic representative offices and employees of which the 0% VAT rate is applied, is established by the Letter of Ministry of Taxation and Charges of the Russian Federation No.РД-6-23/382 of 01.04.2003 (with amendments). If after the conclusion of the present Agreement the Letter of MTC of the Russian Federation No.РД-6-23/382 of 01.04.2003 is cancelled, in order to determine the list of the countries in relation to the diplomatic representatives and employees of which the 0% VAT rate should be applied, other duly approved and valid documents establishing the indicated list should be used. The possibility of the application of the 0% VAT rate to the foreign diplomatic representative office is determined in accordance with the list valid at the day of the rendering of the services of Rostelecom.

2.3. The 0% VAT rate is applied only in relation to the services rendered to the diplomatic and equated to them representatives by the subscriber numbers indicated in the agreement on the rendering of the long-distance and international telecommunications between Rostelecom (concluded by the Operator on behalf of Rostelecom) and the diplomatic representative office.

2.4. The 0% VAT rate is applied exceptionally on the condition of the presentation by the diplomatic and equated to them representative office to the Operator of an official letter of the representative (signed by the head of representative office or the substitute, sealed by the stamp of the representative office in question), confirming that the services of Rostelecom are intended for the official use by the representative offices or their employees.

2.5. The letter must contain the following phrase: “This is to confirm that the long-distance and international telecommunications rendered by OAO Rostelecom (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇. ▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇) according to the public agreement No. dated by the list of subscriber numbers given below are intended for the official use by the representative office”. The letter must contain the list of the subscriber numbers by which the services of Rostelecom are rendered, in relation to which the 0% VAT rate is applied, in the format: (code ABC, DEF) (subscriber number).

2.6. The Operator is obliged to provide the storing of the original of the indicated letters during the period of three years starting from the date of the end of the year in which the services of Rostelecom were rendered, and the presentation of these originals to Rostelecom in case of necessity.

2.7. In the case of the application of the 0% VAT rate the Operator must draw up the invoice for the diplomatic and equated to them representative office, indicating the fact of the rendering of the services of Rostelecom with the application of the 0%, VAT rate, with the ▇▇▇▇ “for diplomatic use”.

2.8. By non-performance of the application of the aforementioned conditions the Operator should apply to the rendering of the services of Rostelecom to the diplomatic and equated to them representative office of the 18% VAT rate.

2.9. In accordance with the Regulations of the application of the zero VAT rate by the selling of goods (works, services) for the official use by the foreign diplomatic and equated to them representative offices or for personal use by the diplomatic or administrative and technical employees of these representative offices, including the resident family members, established by the Governmental Regulation of the Russian Federation No.1033 of 30.12.2000, in order to prove the validity of the application of the 0% VAT rate in relation to the services of Rostelecom, rendered to the diplomatic and equated to them representative offices during the accounting period, the Operator must present to Rostelecom:

2.9.1. The Register of the Services by the rendering of which the 0% VAT rate was applied (hereinafter — Register), according to Form 5;

2.9.2. The Register is presented in paper form, signed by the Director and Chief Accountant of the Operator, as well as in the electronic form (format DBF DBASE IV).

2.9.3. The copies of the letters of the diplomatic and equated to them representative offices listed in the Register, drawn up as indicated above and confirming that the Services of Rostelecom are intended for the official use by the representative office or their employees;

2.9.4. The copies of the invoices indicated in the Register, in which it must be indicated that the Services of Rostelecom were rendered with the application of the 0% VAT rate, with the ▇▇▇▇ “for diplomatic use”;

2.9.5. The copies of the agreements with the diplomatic and equated to them representative offices listed in the Register, concluded by the Operator on behalf of Rostelecom for the rendering of the Rostelecom Services.

2.10. All the indicated documents are drawn up and presented covering the activity of the Operator as a whole.

2.11. The indicated documents are presented by the Operator no later than the 14th day of the month following the accounting month (faxed as hard copy).

OAO Rostelecom:	ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company:


General Director	General Director

OAO Rostelecom	ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company


/signed/ ▇.▇▇. Yerokhin	/signed/ G.A. Romsky

January 01, 2006	January 01, 2006

Seal here	Seal here

Appendices:

· Form 1. The Report for formation of the sales log

· Form 2. Register of the Services of Rostelecom and the prepayments on account of the rendering of the Services of Rostelecom, included into the consolidated invoices, registered in the sales log.

· Form 3. The Report for the formation of the purchase log

· Form 4. Register of the prepayments on account of the rendering of the Services of Rostelecom, included into the consolidated invoice, registered in the purchase log.

· Form 5. Register of the services which were rendered at 0% VAT rate.

Form 1

The Report for the formation of the sales log

Unique
identifier

Details of the seller’s
invoice

Date of payment of the seller’s invoice (by
receipt of prepayment or
by rendering of services
on account

Sales

Form
number

of the
recipient
of the ▇▇▇▇

Number

Date
(▇▇.▇▇.
YYYY)

Name of
the Buyer

TIN of the
client

KPP of the
client

of the earlier received
prepayments)
(DD.MM.YYYY)

total,
including
VAT

1а

3а

Total

***

Including

Sales liable to taxation at the rate of

18 per cent (5)

10 per cent (6)

0 per cent

20 per cent (8)

Purchases

Cost of sales
without VAT
(rubles,
kopecks)

VAT
amount
(rubles,
kopecks)

Cost of sales
without VAT
(rubles,
kopecks)

VAT
amount
(rubles,
kopecks)

(rubles, kopecks)

Cost of sales
without VAT (rubles, kopecks)

VAT amount (rubles, kopecks)

exempt from taxation (rubles, kopecks)

5а

6а*

6b*

8а*

8b*

***

Invoice indication (prepayment invoice- 01/ service payment invoice-02)	Indication of services liable to taxation at the rate of 0% VAT (1)	Number of the payment- accounting document — payment order (by receipt of prepayment or by rendering of services at the expense of the earlier received prepayment).	Legal address of the client (central agency)
10**	11***	12	13
Х	Х	Х	Х
***	***	***	***
***	***	***	***

* - the columns are not filled.

** - the indication 01 is used only for the registration in the sales log of the invoices for the prepayments received on account of the rendering of the services. By the registration of the invoices for the services, the payment for which was performed as prepayment, the indication 02 is used.

*** - the indication is used for the registration in the sales log of both the invoices for the services liable to taxation at the 0% VAT rate, and the invoices for the prepayments received on account of the rendering of the services liable to taxation at the 0% VAT rate.

Director		(Full name)

Chief accountant		(Full name)

The description of the fields for the DBF file

Field name

Name

Type, size

Description

Form

N (2)

Form number. Acquires the value of 41

Рeriod_d

С (7)

Accounting period (MM.YYYY)

Subscrb_ID

C(15)

The unique identifier of the recipient of the ▇▇▇▇. The identifier is formed by the Operator on the basis of the unique information in АСР (for instance, branch number, identifier of user, personal account number). The identifier must coincide with the identifier used by the transfer to the OAO Rostelecom of the user data, be unique within the borders of the whole company of the Operator, and must remain unchanged during the whole financial history of the user.

Sel_f_num

С (21)

Details of the seller’s invoice Number

Sel_f_date

Details of the seller’s invoice Date (DD.MM.YYYY)

Cust_name

С (180)

Client name

Cust_inn

N (12)

TIN of the client

Cust_kpp

N (9)

KPP of the client

Pr_brutto

N (13.2)

Sales total, including VAT

10.

Pr_net_18

N (13.2)

Sales total, excluding VAT (rubles, kopecks) liable to taxation at the rate of 18% (5) of the sales

11.

Nds_18

N (13.2)

VAT amount (rubles, kopecks) liable to taxation at the rate of 18% (5) of the sales

12.

Pr_net_10

N (13.2)

Sales total, excluding VAT (rubles, kopecks) liable to taxation at the rate of 10% (5) of the sales

13.

Nds_10

N (13.2)

VAT amount (rubles, kopecks) liable to taxation at the rate of 10% (5) of the sales

14.

Pr_net_0

N (13.2)

Tax-free sales

15.

Pr_net_20

N (13.2)

Sales total, excluding VAT (rubles, kopecks) liable to taxation at the rate of 20% * (8) of the sales

16.

Nds_20

N (13.2)

VAT amount (rubles, kopecks) liable to taxation at the rate of 20% * (8) of the sales

17.

No_nds

N (13.2)

Sales exempt from taxation (rubles, kopecks)

18.

Pay_priz

N (2)

Invoice indication (prepayment invoice-01/ service payment invoice-02)

19.

Nds_priz

N (1)

Indication of services liable to taxation at the rate of 0% VAT (1)

20.

Cust_adr

C(200)

Legal address of the client (central agency)

21.

Cust_Pay_d

Date of liquidation of seller’s invoice

22.

Cust_Pay_n

C(21)

Number of the payment-accounting document — payment order (by receipt of prepayment or by rendering of services at the expense of the earlier received prepayment).

Form 2

Register of the Services of Rostelecom and the prepayments on account of the rendering of the Services of Rostelecom, included into the consolidated invoices, registered in the sales log for ___________

Form
number

Ref. No.

Unique
identifier of
the recipient
of the ▇▇▇▇

Name of User

Address of individual

TIN of the client-individual

Invoice number

Cost of services (including VAT, rubles, kopecks)

Amount of VAT in service cost (rubles, kopecks)

Invoice indication (prepayment invoice-01/ service payment invoice-02)

Total

***

Details of the payment-accounting document — payment order (by receipt of prepayment or by rendering of services on account of the earlier received prepayments)
Number		Date (DD.MM.YYYY)
9		10
Х		Х
***		***
***		***

1) - the indication 01 is used only for the prepayments received on account of the rendering of the services. By the registration of the invoices for the services, the payment for which was performed as prepayment, the designation 02 is used.

The description of the fields for the DBF file

Field name	Name	Type, size	Description
1.	Form	N (2)	Form number. Acquires the value of 42
2.	Рeriod_d	С (7)	Accounting period (MM.YYYY)
3.	Seq_n	N (7)	Sequence number
4.	Subscrb_ID	C(15)	The unique identifier of the recipient of the ▇▇▇▇.
5.	User_fio	С (80)	Name of User
6.	Cust_adr1	C(200)	Address of individual
7.	Cust_inn	N (12)	TIN of the client
8.	Sel_f_num	С (21)	Invoice number
9.	Pr_brutto	N (13.2)	Cost of services (including VAT, rubles, kopecks)
10.	Nds	N (13.2)	Amount of VAT in service cost (rubles, kopecks)
11.	Pay_priz	N (2)	Invoice indication (prepayment invoice-01/ service payment invoice-02)
12.	Cust_Pay_n	С (21)	Details of the payment-accounting document — payment order (by receipt of prepayment or by rendering of services at the expense of the earlier received prepayment). Number
13.	Cust_Pay_d	D	Details of the payment-accounting document — payment order (by receipt of prepayment or by rendering of services at the expense of the earlier received prepayment). Date (DD.MM.YYYY)

Form 3

The Report for the formation of the purchase log

Unique identifier

Details of the seller’s invoice

Date of liquidation of seller’s

Date of registration of goods (works,

Country of origin of the goods

Purchase total, including

of the

Date

invoice

services

TIN

KPP

CUSTOMS

VAT

Form

recipient of

(▇▇.▇▇.

Seller’s

of the

DECLARATION

(rubles,

number

No.

the ▇▇▇▇

Number

YYYY)

name

seller

number

kopecks)

2а

3**

4***

5***

5а****

5b****

Total

***

Including

purchases liable to taxation at the rate of

18 per cent (8)

10 per cent (9)

20 per cent (11)

Cost of purchases without
VAT (rubles, kopecks)

VAT amount (rubles, kopecks)

Cost of purchases without
VAT
(rubles, kopecks)

VAT amount (rubles, kopecks)

0 per cent (rubles, kopecks)

Cost of purchases without
VAT (rubles, kopecks)

VAT amount (rubles, kopecks)

Purchases exempt from taxation (rubles, kopecks)

Indication of services liable to taxation at the rate of 0% VAT (1)

8а

9а*

9b*

10*

11а*

11b*

12*

13*****

***

Director		(Full name)

Chief accountant		(Full name)

* - the columns are not filled.

** - the date of prepayment receipt.

*** - the last date of the service month.

**** - User’s details.

***** - Filled in connection to the advance payments for services with 0%.VAT rate.

The description of the fields for the DBF file

Field name	Name	Type, size	Description
1.	Form	N (2)	Form number. Acquires the value of 43
2.	Рeriod_d	С (7)	Accounting period (MM.YYYY)
3.	Seq_n	N (7)	Sequence number
4.	Subscrb_ID	C(15)	The unique identifier of the recipient of the ▇▇▇▇.
5.	Sel_f_num	С (21)	Details of the seller’s invoice Number
6.	Sel_f_date	D	Details of the seller’s invoice Date (DD.MM.YYYY)
7.	Cast_Pay_d	D	Date of liquidation of the seller’s invoice (DD.MM.YYYY)
8.	Accept_dat	D	Date of registration of the receipt of goods (works, services) (DD.MM.YYYY)
9.	Sel_name	С (120)	Name of the seller
10.	Sel_inn	N (12)	TIN of the seller
11.	Sel_kpp	N (9)	KPP of the seller
12.	Customs Declaration_num	С (50)	Country of origin of the goods. Customs Declaration number
13.	Pr_brutto	N (13.2)	Purchase total, including VAT (rubles, kopecks)
14.	Pr_net_18	N (13.2)	Purchase total, excluding VAT (rubles, kopecks) liable to taxation at the rate of 18% (8)
15.	Nds_18	N (13.2)	VAT amount (rubles, kopecks) liable to taxation at the rate of 18% (8)
16.	Pr_net_10	N (13.2)	Purchase total, excluding VAT (rubles, kopecks) liable to taxation at the rate of 10% (5) of the sales
17.	Nds_10	N (13.2)	VAT amount (rubles, kopecks) liable to taxation at the rate of 10% (5) of the sales
18.	Pr_net_0	N (13.2)	Tax free purchases
19.	Pr_net_20	N (13.2)	Purchase total, excluding VAT (rubles, kopecks) liable to taxation at the rate of 20% * (8) of the sales
20.	Nds_20	N (13.2)	VAT amount (rubles, kopecks) liable to taxation at the rate of 20% * (8) of the sales
21.	No_nds	N (13.2)	Purchases exempt from taxation (rubles, kopecks)
22.	Nds_priz	N (1)	Indication of services liable to taxation at the rate of 0% VAT (1)

Form 4

Register of the prepayments on account of the rendering of the Services of Rostelecom, included into the consolidated invoice, registered in the purchase log for ___________

Form
number

Ref.
No.

Unique identifier of
the recipient
of the ▇▇▇▇

Name of User

Invoice number

Cost of services (including VAT, rubles, kopecks)

Amount of
VAT in
service cost
(rubles, kopecks)

Total

***

Details of the payment order
Number		Date (DD.MM.YYYY)
6		7
Х		Х
***		***
***		***

* - invoice number assigned upon receipt of the prepayment

The description of the fields for the DBF file

Field name	Name	Type, size	Description
1.	Form	N (2)	Form number. Acquires the value of 44
2.	Рeriod_d	С (7)	Accounting period (MM.YYYY)
3.	Seq_n	N (7)	Sequence number
4.	Subscrb_ID	C(15)	The unique identifier of the recipient of the ▇▇▇▇.
5.	User_fio	С (80)	Name of User
6.	Sel_f_num	С (21)	Invoice number
7.	Pr_brutto	N (13.2)	Cost of services (including VAT, rubles, kopecks)
8.	NDC	N (13.2)	Amount of VAT in service cost (rubles, kopecks)
9.	Cast_Pay__n	C(25)	Details of the payment order Number
10.	Cust_Pay_d_d	D	Details of the payment order Date (DD.MM.YYYY)

Form 5

Register of the Services which were rendered at 0% VAT for ________

Form			Cost of	Details of the invoice
number	Ref. No.	Name of representative offices	services	Number	Date
	1	2	3	4	5
	Х	Total		Х	X
	***	***	***	***	***
	***	***	***	***	***

Details of the letter of confirmation		Details of the agreement with the User
Number	Date	Number	Date
6	7	8	9
Х	Х	Х	Х
***	***	***	***
***	***	***	***

Director		(Full name)

Chief accountant		(Full name)

The description of the fields for the DBF file

Field name	Name	Type, size	Description
1.	Form	N (2)	Form number. Acquires the value of 45
2.	Seq_n	N (7)	Sequence number
3.	Prs_n	С (50)	Name of representative offices
4.	Embassy_n	N (13.2)	Cost of services
5.	Srv_period	C(21)	Details of the invoice Number
6.	Sel_f_num	D	Details of the invoice Date
7.	Sel_f_date	C(15)	Details of the letter of confirmation Number
8.	Lettr_num	D	Details of the letter of confirmation Date
9.	Pay_doc_d	С (25)	Details of the agreement with the users Number
10.	Contract_n	D	Details of the agreement with the users Date

Appendix No. 5
to Agreement No. ▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇
dated January 01, 2006
Form of Public Offer

Acceptance Act for Services Rendered

Under Contract No._________ dt.

for ______________ month _________

This Act is drawn up between Rostelecom, Open Joint-Stock Company for Long-Distance and International Telecommunications, hereinafter, “Rostelecom”, represented by ____________________ authorized to act by Power of attorney No._______________________ dated __________ on the one part, and ___________________________________________ , hereinafter referred to as “Operator” represented by_________________________________, acting on the ground of _______________________________________, hereinafter altogether referred to as the “Parties”, confirming the following services rendered by Operator to Rostelecom:

		Basis for the calculation of the service cost
Ref. No.	Service Description	Title	Value
1	2	3	4
1	Services, stipulated by para. 2.1. of the Agreement	Accrued income
Total

Tariff for service, rubles/unit of basis for calculation of service cost	Service Cost inc. VAT, rubles	Including VAT, rubles
5	6	7

Total

The rendered services cost aggregated ________, including VAT _______.

The services were presented properly and according to Agreement terms.

OAO Rostelecom:

General Director
OAO Rostelecom

/signed/▇.▇▇. Yerokhin
January 01, 2006
Seal here

OAO Southern Telecommunications Company:

General Director
OAO Southern Telecommunications Company

/signed/А. G.A. Romsky
January 01, 2006
Seal here

Appendix No. 6
to Agreement No. ▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇
dated January 01, 2006
Form of Public Offer

List of Reporting Forms

The IRO branches provides the information for forming the OAO Rostelecom reports based on the following forms of state statistics reporting:

1. F 88 Outgoing payable exchange data - presented monthly

2. F 4 Data of exchange over the telecommunication networks - presented once in a quarter

3. F 12 Data of incomes of communication companies - presented monthly

4. F 65 Data of incomes from telecommunications - presented once in a quarter

The order of data presentation to the Rostelecom Main Computer Center

Information regarding statistical reporting is transmitted to the Rostelecom Computer Center as a universal pattern.

While working out the title list of the sample, it is necessary to put the unique number of the entity, registered by the Computer Center for the data that have to be registered in the statistic accounts forms of OAO Rostelecom.

The terms of providing forms to Rostelecom Computer Center:

form No.		Terms of data submission to Computer Center by IRO branches
12		7
4		7
88		5
65		27

The day of a month, going after the reporting period is shown.

Example of the filling the sample.

Name of firm (organization department)	The Moscow branch of OAO Tsentrtelecom
Document code	1
Firm code	51500	х	OKDP	5420030
Head of firm (organization department)	Parfenov A.I.		OKONKh	52300
			OKATO	50401372000
OKPO (8 characters)	04856347		OKOGU	49008
Organization department code	0		OKOPF	90
			OKFS	34

Comment: enterprise code _ - 51500х (given by the Computer Center)

The accounting documents within the framework of the Information Collection and Checking System (ICCS), submitted to Svyazinvest:

1. “Accounts receivable for the Telecommunication Services rendered to the institutions and organizations subsidized from the Federal budget”

The report “Accounts receivable for the Telecommunication Services rendered to the institutions and organizations subsidized from the Federal budget” is submitted to the analysis department of the Commercial Direction of OAO Rostelecom before the 15th day of the month following the accounting month in the form established by the OAO Svyazinvest. The data must be submitted in the written and electronic form to the following addresses: Fax:▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇, e-mail: Shuwaewa @▇▇.▇▇

Contact Tel: ▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇

2. “The analysis of the state of the accounts receivable”

OAO Rostelecom:

General Director
OAO Rostelecom

/signed/ ▇.▇▇. Yerokhin
January 01, 2006
Seal here

ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company:

General Director
ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company

/signed/ G.A. Romsky
January 01, 2006
Seal here

Appendix No. 7
to Agreement No. ▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇
dated January 01, 2006
Form of Public Offer

PARTIES MUTUAL SETTLEMENT PROCEDURE

1. The monetary obligations of the Operator to Rostelecom (para. 4.1.1 of the Agreement).

1.1. Within the term before the 25th day of the Billing period the Operator must transfer to Rostelecom one hundred per cent (100%) of the Accrued income for the month preceding the Billing period for the Telecommunication Services rendered during all periods preceding the Billing period, in accordance with the Operator’s Report.

1.2. Irrespective of any provision of para. 1.1 of this Appendix 7 contradicting the understated, before the 25th day of the Billing period the Operator must transfer to Rostelecom, irrespective of the amount of payment received in the month preceding the Billing period, no less than the Minimal payment in the amount of 32% of the Accrued income for the Services rendered during the month preceding the Billing period (para. 4.1.1 of the Agreement).

1.3. Rostelecom presents to the Operator the invoice for the payment of the Revenue earned, for the amount determined with the consideration of para. and 1.2. hereof, before the 20th day of the Billing period.

2. The monetary obligations of Rostelecom to the Operator (para. 4.1.2. of the Agreement).

2.1. Rostelecom shall pay the Operator remuneration for the services rendered by the Operator to Rostelecom in accordance to para. 2.1 and the remuneration for the actions of the Operator enumerated in paras 2.2. and 2.3. of Section 2 of this Agreement in terms and in amount indicated below. The total sum of the monetary obligations of Rostelecom for the services rendered by the Operator to Rostelecom in accordance to para. 2.1 and the remuneration for the actions of the Operator enumerated in paras 2.2. and 2.3. of Section 2 of this Agreement in each corresponding period shall be calculated on the basis of Acceptance Acts for the corresponding periods signed by the Parties.

2.2. No later than the 25th day of the Billing Period Rostelecom shall pay the Operator a sum in the amount equal to M, which is calculated according to the following formula:

M = Areceived - Amin. where

М — is the amount of payment which should be timely paid by Rostelecom no later than the 25th day of the Billing Period for the services rendered by the Operator to Rostelecom in accordance to para. 2.1 and the remuneration for the actions of the Operator enumerated in paras 2.2. and 2.3. of Section 2 of this Agreement within all periods previous to the Billing Period. The sum of this payment shall not exceed the sum of cost of services not paid by Rostelecom under this Agreement rendered to the latter by the Operator.

A received — is the Revenue earned in the month preceding the Billing period, in accordance with the Operator’s Report, for the Telecommunication Services rendered by Rostelecom to the Users during all periods preceding the Billing period.

A min. — the amount of the Minimal payment, in accordance with para. 1.2. hereof.

Calculated payment М is set off for the Operator against the payment for the services rendered by the Operator to Rostelecom in accordance to para. 2.1 and the remuneration for the actions of the Operator enumerated in paras 2.2. and 2.3. of Section 2 of this Agreement within all periods of its validity in the part where these services are not paid for yet on the moment of the payment calculation. The Parties agree that in the first place the payments account for the services rendered during the earlier periods.

2.3. Rostelecom makes the payments to the Operator according to para. 2.2 of this Appendix until the total sum of all payments made by Rostelecom according to this clause 2 becomes equal the total cost of the services rendered to Rostelecom by the Operator.

2.4. The Operator presents to Rostelecom the invoices for the payments specified in para. 2.2. hereof, for the sums calculated in accordance with the mentioned paragraph, before the 20th day of the month in which the corresponding payment is due to be performed.

3. In order to cancel (partially cancel) the obligations indicated in para. 1 and 2 hereof, as well as the obligations of Rostelecom to the Operator arising from the Agreement of connection of telecommunications networks No. _____________ in the redaction dated _____________ (hereinafter — “Agreement of connection”), the Parties agree upon monthly offsetting of claims by means of signing Offset Acts on the dates when such obligations must be fulfilled in accordance with this Agreement and the Agreement of connection.

OAO Rostelecom:	ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company:


General Director	General Director

OAO Rostelecom	ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company


/signed/ ▇.▇▇. Yerokhin	/signed/ G.A. Romsky

January 01, 2006	January 01, 2006

Seal here	Seal here

Appendix No. 8
to Agreement No. ▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇
dated January 01, 2006
Form of Public Offer

Procedure for Checking Operator for the Correct Performance of the Agreement Term

1. This Appendix defines the list of activities necessary to be taken by the Parties (Rostelecom and the Operator) to control the completeness and correctness of the bills drawn up to the Users for the Telecommunication Services rendered on behalf of Rostelecom.

2. This Appendix defines the methods of controlling the data about the Long-Distance and international Traffic and the correctness of the drawing up the bills to the Users.

3. The control can be initiated for the Reporting Period within the validity of the current Agreement providing of observing the statute of limitation, prescribed by the law of the Russian Federation.

4. The reasons for the beginning of implementation the control measures are:

4.1. discrepancies of the total cost parameters of the Rostelecom and Operator reports, exceeding 3% relatively to the indices of the Rostelecom,

4.2. complaints from the Users.

4.3. Worsening of the financial result for OAO Rostelecom.

5. The following actions can be performed in the control:

5.1. Control of billing and account data;

5.2. Detailed reconciliation

5.3. comprehensive technical study;

5.4. the checking of the fidelity of VAT rates adaptation;

5.5. the checking of the fidelity of adaptation the tariffs for telecommunications provided by Rostelecom upon the issue of the bills;

5.6. Clarification of the reasons of origin (increasing/decreasing) notes Receivables due from Users and so on.

6. Control of billing and account data

6.1. The reason for control of the billing and accounts data is the discrepancy of cost parameters of the Operator’s Report and data available to Rostelecom.

6.2. Rostelecom forms and direct to the Operator comparative analysis of the Operators Reports (tables 1.1-1.6 Appendix 2 hereto) and Rostelecom data form table 1 (Excel format) of this Appendix, marking out directions (no more than 5), on which the discrepancies are the largest.

6.3. The Operator within 3 working days conducts a counter analysis of the Report according to the form of Table 1 of this Appendix for observing the tariffication conditions while billing:

6.3.1. Minimum non-tariffed limit,

6.3.2. type of the traffic round-off,

6.3.3. Tariffs applied,

7. If one of the Parties discovers a mistake on this stage and its correction results in the elimination of the discrepancies, the Parties approve the date of the mistake correction and the date of rebilling and the necessity for the correction of the bills drawn up for the Users.

7.1. If the mistake was not found or its correction didn’t remove the discrepancies, then the Parties fix such discrepancies in Reconciliation Report.

8. Detailed reconciliation

8.1. The ground for the detailed reconciliation are discrepancies fixed in the Reconciliation Report on the stage of reconciliation of billing and discrepancy accounts.

8.2. The Parties adjust with the operation factors of the detailed reconciliation:

8.2.1. time factors (month, week, day, hour and so on),

8.2.2. ancillary parameters (switchboards, trunks, numbering capacity),

8.2.3. aspect of the detailed reconciliation,

8.2.4. size of the detailed reconciliation,

8.2.5. data exchange type.

8.3. The format sample for accordance of measured service data for a detailed revise, indicated in Table 2 of the Appendix, can be changed depending on technical abilities of the Parties. Detailed reconciliation is conducted under the agreement of the Parties using the resources of Rostelecom and/or Operator. The results of the reconciliation, performed by Rostelecom, send to the address of Operator not later than after 7 working days from matching of the operation factors, indicated in para. 7.2 of the Appendix.

8.4. The parties conduct analysis of the results of the detailed reconciliation. If one of the Parties discovers a mistake on this stage and its correction results in the elimination of the discrepancies, the Parties approve the date of the mistake correction and the date of rebilling and the necessity for the correction of the bills drawn up for the Users.

8.5. If the mistake was not found or it’s correction didn’t remove the discrepancies, then the Parties fix such discrepancies in revise statement not later than 3 working days after results of the detailed revision will be ready. The Parties will co-ordinate the next steps:

8.5.1. Another addition, ancillary parameters of the revise are selected (repeated execution of the stage of the detailed reconciliation),

8.5.2. comprehensive technical study should be performed.

9. Comprehensive technical study.

9.1. The reason for the realization of the comprehensive technical study is coordinated on the previous stages statements and the absence of the ascertained reasons for discrepancies.

9.2. In the context of the comprehensive technical study it can be realized by the associated Parties:

9.3. verification of capacity for work of communication channels;

9.3.1. verification of the recording completeness of the tariff files;

9.3.2. verification of recording conditions of the tariff files;

9.3.3. registration of the probing calls;

9.3.4. verification of the routing Regulations;

9.3.5. verification of the software, used in the system of collection and processing of tariff information and so on;

9.4. using indirect methods of research.

9.5. After getting the results the report is organized and agreed by the Parties, the used methods, conclusions, recommendations for eliminating the reasons, caused the discrepancies, the terms of removal such reasons are indicated inside this report. According to the conclusions of the reports of the comprehensive technical study, the decision is taken about the date of re-calculation and necessity of adjustment of the bills, presented to the Users.

Table 1. Dedicated reconciliation form

Rostelecom data

Operator data

Discrepancies

User
category

Tariff
category

Direction

Direction
code

min

tariff

Total

min

tariff

Total

min

%
(rubles)

Table 2. Format of call service data

Data should be presented in electronic format dbf or xls.

Tel_A*

Tel_В*

Mn_I*

Mn_O*

Date*

Time*

D_sec*

* fill-in spaces are marked

· Field Tel_A*: Number of the subscriber A phone

· Field Tel_B*: Number of the subscriber B phone

· Field Mn_I*: Mnemonics of incoming group of channels

· Field Mn_O*: Mnemonics of outgoing group of channels

· Field Date*: Date of the call beginning (DDММYY)

· Field Time*: Time of the call beginning (HHММSS)

· Field D_sec*: Call duration (in seconds)

OAO Rostelecom:	ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company:


General Director	General Director

OAO Rostelecom	ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company


/signed/ ▇.▇▇. Yerokhin	/signed/ G.A. Romsky

January 01, 2006	January 01, 2006

Seal here	Seal here

Appendix No. 9
to Agreement No. ▇▇▇-▇▇-▇▇
dated January 01, 2006
Form of Public Offer

REGULATIONS

for Handling of Receivables and Payables and Order of Receivables and Payables Write-Off

1. Terms and Definitions

1.1. Receivables due from Users — receivables from legal entities and individuals related to payments for long-distance and international telecommunications rendered to the latter by Rostelecom.

1.2. Overdue Receivables — Receivables due from Users not settled during the term specified in the agreement (invoice). The Overdue Receivables fall into Receivables Real for Collection, Bad Receivables.

1.3. Receivables Real for Collection — Overdue Receivables in relation to which there exist grounds for considering it to be voluntary paid within reasonable time, or enforced by action.

1.4. Bad Receivables — Overdue Receivables, collection of which is impossible.

1.5. Qualified Bad Receivables — Overdue Receivables collection of which is impossible due to the following reasons:

1.5.1. the limitation period for claims related to collection of indebtedness in accordance with current law has elapsed;

1.5.2. liability to pay the indebtedness has been terminated due to liquidation of a legal entity (article 419 CC RF) or death of an individual (article 418 CC RF);

1.5.3. the debtor, if a legal entity, has been declared bankrupt or bankruptcy proceedings in relation to them have been finished;

1.5.4. enforcement proceedings in relation to indebtedness is impossible due to expiration of term for directing of a court order for execution.

1.6. Payables due Users — indebtedness of Rostelecom towards individuals in the amount of funds received on account of oncoming long-distance and international telecommunications. Payables due Users are reflected in the books of Rostelecom and the Operator.

1.7. Uncalled Payables due Users — Payables due Users, reclamation of which is impossible by users due to the following reasons:

1.8. the limitation period in relation to indebtedness has elapsed;

1.9. the creditor has withdrawn due to liquidation (legal entity) or death (individual).

2. General

2.1. These Regulations determine procedure of handling by the Operator of Receivables due from Users emerged in relation to rendering by the latter of long-distance and international telecommunications.

2.2. In part of issues not regulated by the present Regulations the Operator establishes their own internal procedure for handling Receivables which does not contradict the Agreement.

3. Reconcilement of Indebtedness

3.1. Reconcilement of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users as per data of Rostelecom and the Operator is conducted on the basis of Operator’s Report information (form 2 of Appendix 3 to the Agreement). Approval of Operator’s Report by Rostelecom simultaneously implies approval of the Operator’s data on amount of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users.

4. Adjustment of Indebtedness

4.1. In case of errors that have caused misstatement of amount of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users are detected, the indebtedness can be adjusted in accordance with the procedure outlined in the present article.

4.2. In accordance with the present article, it is required to conduct adjustment of misstatements of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users, which have emerged in the result of:

4.3. errors of the Operator during classification of monetary funds received from users;

4.4. errors during accrual of indebtedness for Rostelecom long-distance and international telecommunications (excluding cases of illegal and unauthorized connection to the Operator’s communication network).

4.5. Correction of the indebtedness can be performed twice a year — according to the balance on the 31st of March and 30th of June of each year.

4.6. For adjustment of indebtedness the Operator draws up and submits to Rostelecom the following documents:

4.7. List of adjustments of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users as per Form 1 of the Regulations;

4.8. Copies of documents confirming necessity of adjustment of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users (acts of settlements reconcilement, invoices, payment documents, claims, judicial decisions, etc.);

4.9. Register of documents confirming necessity of adjustment of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users as per Form 2 of the present Regulations.

4.10. The documents are submitted by the Operator along with Operator’s Report (Appendix No. 3 to the Agreement) for April and June of each year on paper and electronically (Excel format, excluding copies of documents confirming necessity of adjustment of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users).

4.11. Rostelecom studies the documents submitted by the Operator and, provided comments are absent, approves them within 45 days from the date of submitting. The approval implies a respective endorsement on List of adjustments of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users.

4.12. During 5 days from the approval of documents Rostelecom forwards to the Operator the approved copy of List of adjustments of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users.

4.13. In case comments on the documents submitted by the Operator are present, Rostelecom notifies the Operator in writing not later than 45 days from the date of presentation of documents. During 30 days from the moment of receipt of such notification the Operator must remove the revealed comments and submit to Rostelecom documents, which have been commented on by Rostelecom, anew.

4.14. On the basis of List of adjustments of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users approved by Rostelecom, the Parties introduce adjustments into accounting records during the month in which Rostelecom approved the List. During the same month adjustments of indebtedness are included into forms 2.1 and 2.2 of the Operator’s Report (Appendix No.3 to the Agreement).

4.15. Where debt corrections are connected with corrections of Previous Revenues, the amount of these corrections is to be taken by the parties into account during the correction period.

5. Inventory of Indebtedness

5.1. Annually, as of September 30 of each year, the Operator carries out inventory of Receivables due 1from Users and Payables due Users. The inventory is taken in accordance with inventory normative documents in force for the moment of its taking. For the moment of signing of the Contract, Guidelines on inventory of property and financial liabilities, approved by Order of RF MF No.49 dated 13.06.1995, serve as such document.

5.2. As per results of inventory the Operator draws up:

5.2.1. Inventory Deed as per Form 3 of the Regulations;

5.2.2. Appendices to Inventory Deed as per Form 4 of the Regulations;

5.2.3. List of adjustments of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users as per Form 1 of the Regulations;

5.2.4. copies of documents confirming necessity of adjustment of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users (acts of settlements reconcilement, invoices, payment documents, claims);

5.2.5. Register of documents confirming necessity of adjustment of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users as per Form 2 of the present Regulations.

5.3. Documents are submitted by the Operator on paper (excluding Appendices to Inventory Deed) and electronically (Excel format, except document copies confirming the necessity of adjustment of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users) not later than January 31 of the year which follows the year the inventory is taken as of September 30.

5.4. Rostelecom examines the documents submitted by the Operator and, in case comments are absent, approves them within 45 days from the moment of their presentation.

5.5. Approval of the said documents by Rostelecom implies:

5.5.1. approval by Rostelecom of inventory results;

5.5.2. approval by Rostelecom of adjustments of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users, proposed by the Operator in relation to revelation of errors and misstatements.

5.6. During 5 days from the date of approval of documents, Rostelecom forwards to the Operator:

5.6.1. notification on approval of inventory results and adjustments of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users in an optional form. The said notification, among other things, must contain information on the period (month) during which adjustments are made in the accounting records of Rostelecom and the Operator;

5.6.2. approved copy of Inventory Deed;

5.6.3. approved copy of List of adjustments of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users.

5.7. In case comments on the documents submitted by the Operator are present, Rostelecom notifies the Operator in writing not later than 45 days from the date of presentation of documents. During 30 days from the moment of receipt of such notification the Operator must remove the revealed comments and submit to Rostelecom documents, which have been commented on by Rostelecom, anew.

5.8. On the basis of Inventory Deed and List of adjustments of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users approved by Rostelecom, the Parties introduce adjustments into accounting records during the month indicated in Rostelecom notification on approval of inventory results and adjustments of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users. During the same month adjustments of indebtedness are included into forms 2.1 and 2.2 of the Operator’s Report (Appendix No.3 to the Agreement).

5.9. If adjustments of indebtedness are related to adjustments of Received Profit for previous periods, the amount of the adjustments is considered in the course of settlement by the Parties during the period adjustments are introduced.

6. Order of Collection of Overdue Receivables

6.1. In relation to Users with Overdue Receivables, all legal measures are applied, aimed at collection of Receivables by the Operator from Users (including: use of an automatic informator (telephone calls), suspension communication network access, restriction of access to certain types of services rendered by Rostelecom, forwarding of warning letters (claims), bringing of suits in courts). During settlement of issues of principal debt amount repayment it is allowed to draw up and signing with Users of schedules of repayment of indebtedness and penalty accrued in accordance with conditions of the agreement, on the basis of which the Users are rendered telecommunications by Rostelecom and/or in accordance with current law.

6.2. In case of overdue fulfillment by the User of their liabilities to pay for telecommunications rendered by Rostelecom, accrual of penalty is carried out in accordance with conditions of the agreement, on the basis of which the Users are rendered telecommunications by Rostelecom and/or in accordance with current law. Nevertheless, in any case, the Operator must not collect penalty in a judicial procedure in part exceeding 100% of the principal debt amount of a corresponding User for telecommunications rendered by Rostelecom.

6.3. In case of emergence of Overdue Receivables the Operator must take the following measures aimed at collecting of Overdue Receivables by the Operator from Users before taking it to court:

6.3.1. Not later than the 10th day of the month following the Billing period the Operator notifies the User with Overdue Receivables on the existence and amount of overdue liabilities by means of telephone calls to such Users.

6.3.2. Not later than 20 days after measures indicated in para. 6.3.1. have been taken, the Operator suspends access to Rostelecom services and restricts access to certain types of services rendered by Rostelecom in accordance with Public Offer (Appendix No.1).

6.3.3. Not later than 20 days after the measures indicated in para. 6.3.2 have been taken by the Operator, the Operator forwards to users with Overdue Receivables warning letters (claim) regarding presence and amount of Overdue Receivables indicating term during which such Overdue Receivables should be settled.

6.4. In case after the measures indicated in para. 6.3. Overdue Receivables were not written off the Operator no later than 40 days after sending a warning letter to the User with Overdue Receivables as indicated in para. 6.3.3. of

these Regulations, sends them to the General Court (if the User is a individual) or to Arbitrage Court (if the User is a legal entity) a claim on charging Overdue Receivables from such User.

6.5. Not less than 14 calendar days prior to filing a suit specified in para. 6.4. of the present Regulations, the Operator must forward to Rostelecom information on (1) presence of Overdue Receivables in relation to corresponding Users with on line of pre-trial measures taken by the Operator aimed at collection of Outstanding Receivables by the Operator from Users, (2) amount of state duty due for payment in relation to corresponding claims with indication of payment details and purpose.

6.6. During 5 working days from the moment of receipt from the Operator of information indicated in para. 6.5., Rostelecom independently effects payment of the state duty.

7. Writing-off of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users

7.1. Only Qualified Bad Receivables and Uncalled Payables due Users are subject to writing-off.

7.2. Writing-off of indebtedness is carried out on the basis of inventory of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users conducted on the basis of Article 5 of the present Appendix. The amount of Qualified Bad Receivables and Uncalled Payables due Users subject to writing-off is determined on the basis of Inventory Deed drawn up by the Operator during inventory.

7.3. During 45 days from the receipt of notification on approval of inventory results and adjustments of Receivables due from Users from Rostelecom, the Operator is obliged to forward to Rostelecom the following documents related to Qualified Bad Receivables and Uncalled Payables due Users, indicated in the Inventory Deed:

7.3.1. written grounding for writing-off of indebtedness as per Form 5;

7.3.2. copies of documents pursuant to written grounding for writing-off of indebtedness;

7.3.3. Register of written grounding for writing-off of indebtedness as per Form 6;

7.3.4. List of indebtedness being written-off as per form 7.

7.4. The Operator submits the said documents on paper, Register of written grounding for writing-off of indebtedness is also submitted electronically (Excel format).

7.5. Rostelecom examines the documents submitted by the Operator and, provided comments are absent, approves written grounding for writing-off of indebtedness drawn up by the Operator within 45 days from the date of their presentation.

7.6. During 90 days from the date of approval Rostelecom forwards to the Operator the Statement of Rostelecom Board Decision on writing-off of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users in the amount corresponding to the amount of indebtedness indicated in written groundings approved by Rostelecom. The Statement of Rostelecom Board Decision on writing-off of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users encloses Register of written grounding for writing-off of indebtedness as per Form 6 and List of indebtedness being written-off drawn up on the basis of the said groundings approved by Rostelecom as per Form 7.

7.7. In case comments on the documents submitted by the Operator are present, Rostelecom notifies the Operator in writing not later than 45 days from the date of presentation of documents. During 30 days from the moment of receipt of such notification the Operator must remove the revealed comments and submit to Rostelecom documents, which have been commented on by Rostelecom, anew.

7.8. On the basis of Statement of Rostelecom Board Decision on writing-off of Receivables due from Users and Payables due Users, Register of written grounding for writing-off of indebtedness and List of indebtedness being written-off drawn up on the basis of the said groundings approved by Rostelecom the Parties write-off the indebtedness in the accounting records. During the same month the written-off indebtedness is included into forms 2.1 and 2.2 of the Operator’s Report (Appendix No.3 to the Agreement).

7.9. The written-off Receivables due from Users are reflected off-balance during five years from the moment of writing-off. In case money are received in return of such indebtedness the Operator submits to Rostelecom a Report on monetary funds received in return of written-off Receivables as per Form 8. The Report is submitted along with Operator’s Report for the period during which the monetary funds are received.

7.10. The cost of Operator’s services related to handling of Receivables for the period during which the monetary funds are received is increased for the amount of received monetary funds.

OAO Rostelecom:	ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company:


General Director	General Director

OAO Rostelecom	ОАО Southern Telecommunications Company


/signed/ ▇.▇▇. Yerokhin	/signed/ G.A. Romsky

January 01, 2006	January 01, 2006

Seal here	Seal here

	Form 1
	*I Approve*

	*(Name, title)*

	(Date)

Adjusted debts due from/to the users for long-distance and international telecommunications provided by OAO Rostelecom as of _____________________________

1. On accounts receivable

Debts for the services to which 18% VAT is applied

Total sum of adjustment for the period

Including the total of adjusted pay for telecommunications
associated with the adjusted debts

Period of

towards growth of
indebtedness

towards reduction of
indebtedness

adjusted balance

towards pay increase

towards pay reduction

adjusted balance

Ref. No.

indebtedness
creation

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including the total of adjusted accruals for telecommunications
associated with the adjusted debts

Including the aggregate Telecommunication Services payment
amount adjustments connected with debt adjustments

towards growth of accruals

towards reduction of accruals

adjusted balance

towards pay increase

towards pay reduction

adjusted balance

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Debts for the services to which 0% VAT is applied

		Total sum of adjustment for the period			Including the total of adjusted pay for telecommunications associated with the adjusted debts			Including the total of adjusted accruals for telecommunications associated with the adjusted debts			Including the aggregate Telecommunication Services payment amount adjustments connected with debt adjustments
Ref. No.	Period of indebtedness creation	towards growth of indebtedness	towards reduction of indebtedness	adjusted balance	towards pay increase	towards pay reduction	adjusted balance	towards growth of accruals	towards reduction of accruals	adjusted balance	towards growth of accruals	towards reduction of accruals	adjusted balance
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14


Total

2. On accounts payable

Debts for the services to which 18% VAT is applied

Total sum of adjustment for the period

Including the total of adjusted pay for telecommunications
associated with the adjusted debts

Period of

towards growth
of indebtedness

towards reduction
of indebtedness

adjusted balance

towards pay increase

towards pay reduction

adjusted balance

Ref. No.

indebtedness
creation

Total

Including
VAT

total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including
VAT

Total

Including the aggregate Telecommunication Services payment amount adjustments connected with debt adjustments
towards pay increase		towards pay reduction		adjusted balance
Total	Including VAT	Total	Including VAT	Total	Including VAT
15	16	17	18	19	20

Debts for the services to which 0% VAT is applied

Total sum of adjustment for the period

Including the total of adjusted pay for telecommunications
associated with the adjusted debts

Period of

towards growth of
indebtedness

towards reduction of
indebtedness

adjusted balance

towards pay increase

towards pay reduction

adjusted balance

indebtedness

Including

Ref. No.

creation

Total

VAT

total

VAT

Total

VAT

Total

VAT

Total

VAT

Total

VAT

Total

Including the aggregate Telecommunication Services payment amount adjustments connected with debt adjustments
towards pay increase		towards pay reduction		adjusted balance
Total	Including VAT	Total	Including VAT	Total	Including VAT
15	16	17	18	19	20

Director		(Full name)

Chief accountant		(Full name)

Form 2

Register of documents in support of adjusted debts due from/to the users for long-distance and international communication provided by OAO Rostelecom as of _________________________

Adjustments

Type of indebtedness

towards growth
of indebtedness

towards reduction
of indebtedness

Ref. No.

Period of
indebtedness
creation

(debtor for services, VAT 18%
-1/debtor for services,
VAT 0% - 2/credit for
services, VAT 18% -
3/credit for services, VAT 0% - 4)

Name of
counterparty

Sum of
adjustment,
rubles

Reduction of
pay in the
result of
adjustment,
rubles

Sum of
adjustment,
rubles

Pay increase
in the
result of
adjustment,
rubles

Name and
requisites of the
documents in
support of
adjustment

Number of
Note to the
Deed of
Inventory *

Number of
the line in
the Note to
the Deed of
Inventory*

Total

accounts receivable for the services, 18% VAT

Total

accounts receivable for the services, 0% VAT

Total

accounts receivable for the late payment penalty

Total

accounts payable for the services, 18% VAT

Total

accounts payable for the services, 0% VAT

* - these lines are filled in only when making out a register on the results of inventory-taking

Director		(Full name)

Chief accountant		(Full name)

Form 3

I Approve

(Name, title)

(Date)

Code

Form on OKUD

signature

on OKPO

organization department

Type of activity

order, resolution, regulation

number

Warrant for inventory-taking:

date

Cross out the irrelevant

Operation type

Document number

Document date

DEED

Deed of Inventory of user settlements for long-distance and international telecommunications provided by OAO Rostelecom

The present Deed has been prepared by the committee to state that as of “______“ _____________ there was conducted an inventory-taking of user settlements for the long-distance and international telecommunications provided by OAO Rostelecom.

During the inventory-taking the committee discovered the following:

1. On accounts receivable for the services

				Data of the “Notes to the Deed of Inventory”
Ref. No.	Number of account	Account name	Accounting figures	Note, Deed number	Total sum	Including the unconfirmed	Reasons	Adjustments needed	Bad debts	Qualified bad debts
1	2	3	7	4	5	6	7	8	9	10

2. On accounts payable

				Data of the “Notes to the Deed of Inventory”
Ref. No.	Number of account	Account name	Accounting figures	Note, Deed number	Total sum	Including the unconfirmed	Reasons	Adjustments needed	Uncalled debts
1	2	3	7	4	5	6	7	8	9

All line and page totals, as well as the Deed of Inventory total, have been verified.

Chairperson of the Committee
	title	signature	name
Members of the Committee:
	title	signature	name

	title	signature	name

	title	signature	name

			Form 4

organization			I Approve

			(Name, title)

organization department			(date)

Reference
to Deed No. _____ of “_____“_______.
of Inventory of user settlements for long-distance and international telecommunications provided by OAO
Rostelecom
as of “_____“ _______.

Borrower’s, creditor’s

Debt

Accounting

Document in support of the debt
(reconcilement act or primary documents (on
the sums that are minimum for the

name, address and

Starting

figures, rubles,

reconcilement act to be made out))

Ref. No.

telephone number

What for

date

kopecks.

name

number

date

sum

Debts

Sum of the debt with regard to the adjustment

unconfirmed by

Including the bad/uncalled

the borrowers

Reasons

Adjustments needed

Total

sum

classification

Notes

Accountant
		signature		name

To be printed out on both sides without the heading. Signature to be printed overleaf.

Notes:

· Specifics of inventory-taking of the debts on telecommunications with individuals:

· on individuals whose period outstanding is over 2 months since the day in arrears —debts shall be confirmed by “reconcilement acts” (a printout from the billing system with a return receipt requested which shall be signed by the individual and passed to the accounting department);

· on individuals whose period outstanding is under 2 months since the day in arrears — confirmation of the individuals’ debts for telecommunications is carried out through billing for the telecommunications with a specification of the user’s total amount outstanding “As of the amount outstanding is . Should you disagree, please notify us within 10 days. Otherwise the debt shall be deemed confirmed”;

· on individuals’ debts whose due date is still to come — debts shall be confirmed by the accounting figures in a billing system printout of the data on the debt period.

· Accounts receivable are classified in column 16 in the following way: 1- with an expired period of limitation; 2 — debts that are bad because of the individual’s death or the liquidation of the legal entity; 3 — debts that are bad because of the legal entity’s bankruptcy; 4 — debts that are bad because of the omission of the time limit for sending the executive document for action; 5 — other bad accounts receivable. Accounts payable are classified in column 16 with attribute 6 — uncalled accounts payable.

	Form 5

	*I Approve*

		*(Name, title)*

		*(Date)*

Written substantiation for user/to user debt write-off for long-distance and international telecommunications
supplied by OAO Rostelecom based on the results of inventory accounting as of

Part 1. General

Name of operator:
Number and date of the document:
Responsible division:
Performer and their contacts:
Full name of the debtor/creditor — legal entity, name of the individual:
Debtor/creditor subscriber number - legal entity, debtor telephone installation address — individual:
Debtor/creditor legal address and physical address:
The sum of estimated indebtedness for write-off (rubles) :
VAT in the indebtedness (rubles)
Type of indebtedness (accounts receivable / accounts payable):
Date of indebtedness creation in the record:
Date of inventory accounting of the indebtedness:
Grounds for indebtedness write-off:

Part 2. Information on the status of the indebtedness, its documentary evidence (all the below mentioned documents are enclosed in this written substantiation):

General data and documents for all grounds for debtor indebtedness write-off:
Number and date of the Agreement with the debtor/creditor:
Certificate of belonging of the subscriber numbers to the debtor/creditor:
Document details (accounts, payment requests/payment orders, datasheets etc), confirming the creation of indebtedness:
Details of accounts Deed of inventory, confirming the creation of indebtedness in accounting records:
For indebtedness write-off due to limitation period expiry:
Date of end of accounting period, to which belong the accrued items for services supplied in conditions of unauthorized use:
For indebtedness write-off due to liquidation of the legal entity:
Number and date of the extract from the joint state register of legal units regarding liquidation:
Date of indebtedness write-off due to the death of the individual:
Number and date of the certificate of death of the individual:

For indebtedness write-off due to impossibility of executive process because of expiry of period for sending an executive document for fulfillment:
Number and date of the executive document:
Number and date of court ushers service act on the impossibility of debt recovery:
Other enclosed documents (titles and details):

Appendix: documents mentioned in Part 2 on (indicate the number of) pages.

Director	(Full name)

Chief accountant	(Full name)

Form 6

Register of written substantiation for user/to user debt write-off for long-distance and international telecommunications supplied by OAO Rostelecom based on the results of inventory accounting as of .

Ref.
No.

Name of
counterparty

Period of
indebtedness
creation

Type of indebtedness
(debtor for services,
VAT 18% -1/debtor
for services, VAT 0%
- 2/credit for services,
VAT 18% - 3/credit
for services,
VAT 0% - 4)

Grounds for indebtedness
write-off
(period of limitation
expiry —1/ legal entity
liquidation —
2/ death of the
individual — 3/
expiry of period for
sending an executive
document —4)

Sum of indebtedness
(rubles, koppeks,)

Including VAT
(rubles,
koppeks,)

Total

Accounts receivable

Due to period of limitation expiry

Due to legal entity liquidation

Due to the death of the individual

Due to impossibility of executive process because of expiry of period for sending an executive document for fulfillment:

Total

Accounts payable

Due to period of limitation expiry

Due to legal entity liquidation

Due to the death of the individual

Director		(Full name)

Chief accountant		(Full name)

Form 7

Consolidated data of user/to user debt write-off for long-distance and international telecommunications supplied by OAO Rostelecom written-off on the results of inventory accounting as of

1. Accounts receivable for services

	Period of indebtedness creation		Sum of indebtedness for services with VAT rate of 18%		Sum of indebtedness for services with VAT rate of 0%
Ref. No.	Month	Year	Total	Including VAT	Total
1	2	3	4	5	6


Total

2. Accounts payable

Period of indebtedness creation

Indebtedness for services
with VAT rate of 18%

Indebtedness for services
with VAT rate of 0%

Ref. No.

Month

Year

Total

Including VAT

Total

Including VAT

Total

Director	(Full name)

Chief accountant	(Full name)

Form 8

Record of money funds received on account of written-off debtor indebtedness

	Period of indebtedness write-off			Sum received on account of
Ref. No.	Month	Year	Name of counterparty	indebtedness
1	2	3	4	5


Total

Director	(Full name)

Chief accountant	(Full name)

Form 9

Record of status of the indebtedness for services supplied by Rostelecom as of

User information

Indebtedness information

Name of user —

Legal address

TIN of

legal entity/

of the legal entity/

the legal entity and

Sum of indebtedness

Services payment

Full name of the

individual telephone

of the individual —

Total ,

Including

Period of

Established date of

account details

Ref. No.

user- individual

installation address

individual entrepreneur

rubles

VAT, rubles

service rendering

services payment

number

date

Total

AGREEMENT #750-05-23

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