February 4, 2010, Moscow, Tyumen, Orenburg. COMSTAR – United TeleSystems (COMSTAR-UTS, LSE: CMST), the leading supplier of integrated telecommunication solutions in Russia and the CIS, announces a new appointment in Regional Technical Center (RTC), the leading alternative telecom operator in Siberian region, a member of COMSTAR-UTS Group.

February, 1st, 2010, Moscow. The Friendly Runet Fund, the Internet Development Fund, Comstar–United Telesystems (OJSC Comstar-UTS, LSE: CMST), the largest supplier of integrated telecommunication services in Russia and the CIS, and the Moscow City Telephone Network (MGTS), a member of the Comstar-UTS Group, announced the launching of their joint All-Russia social project – “Kids Online” helpdesk making part of the Safe Internet Year drive.

Moscow, Russia – January 27, 2010 – “COMSTAR – United TeleSystems” JSC (“Comstar” or “the Group”) (LSE: CMST), the largest integrated telecommunications provider in Moscow and 69 Russian cities, today announced that its residential broadband internet business in the Russian regions added 57 thousand subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2009 and a total of 122 thousand subscribers during the whole year 2009[1]. The business therefore had more than 400 thousand subscribers by the end of 2009.

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[1] 278 thousand subscribers as at January 1, 2009 incl. STREAM-TV