UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form 25
NOTIFICATION OF REMOVAL FROM LISTING AND/OR
REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(b) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission file number: 1-14748
OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY LONG-DISTANCE AND
INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROSTELECOM
New York Stock Exchange
(Exact name of Issuer as
specified in its charter, and name of Exchange where security is listed and/or
registered)
14, 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street, Moscow 125047,
Russian Federation
Tel.
+7 499 973 9940
(Address, including zip
code, and telephone number, including area code, of Issuers principal
executive offices)
American Depositary Shares each representing six Ordinary
Shares of Rostelecom
(Description of class of
securities)
Please
place an X in the box to designate the rule provision relied upon to
strike the class of securities from listing and registration:
o
17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(1)
o
17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(2)
o
17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(3)
o
17 CFR 240.12d2-2(a)(4)
o
Pursuant to 17 CFR
240.12d2-2(b), the Exchange has complied with its rules to strike the
class of securities from listing and/or withdraw registration on the Exchange.
x
Pursuant to 17 CFR
240.12d2-2(c), the Issuer has complied with the rules of the Exchange and
the requirements of 17 CFR240.12d2-2(c) governing the voluntary withdrawal
of the class of securities from listing and registration on the Exchange.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Rostelecom certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing the Form 25 and has caused this notification to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
December 22,
2009
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Anton Yu.
Kolpakov
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General Director
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