Moscow, Russia – March 18, 2010 – “COMSTAR – United TeleSystems” OJSC (“Comstar” or “the Group”) (LSE: CMST), a largest integrated telecommunications provider in Moscow and 82 Russian cities, today announced its unaudited consolidated US GAAP financial results for the fourth quarter and twelve months ended December 31, 2009.

10 March 2010, Moscow. COMSTAR – United TeleSystems (COMSTAR-UTS OJSC, LSE: CMST), the major operator of integrated telecommunication services in Russia and the CIS, launches telecommunication services on the basis of their own next generation backbone network NGN (Next Generation Network) for OAO Rosneft HQ in Moscow.