Denis Nikolaevich Afanasiev

Far East Telecommunications Co. provided telecommunication services. It offered local, long-distance, and international telephony, Internet access, data transfer, telegraphy, radio and television broadcasting, as well as cellular and telematic services. The company was founded on May 12, 1994 and was headquartered in Vladivostok, Russia.

Part of Rostelecom PJSC, Communications & Informatics of the Republic of Dagestan OJSC is a Russian company that provides telephone communication services. The company is based in Makhachkala, Russian Federation. Communications & Informatics of the Republic of Dagestan OJSC was acquired by Rostelecom PJSC on April 01, 2011.

Southern Telecommunications Co. OJSC provides telecommunication services. The firm offers services including local and intra-zone telephony, Internet broadband access, IP-TV, telegraph, data transmission, virtual private networks construction and call-center services and radio communication channels in the territory of the Southern Federal District of the Russian Federation. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Krasnodar, Russian Federation.

Telecommunication Investment Joint Stock Company (Svyazinvest) is one of the largest telecom holding companies in the world. Its charter capital was formed by consolidation of shares owned by the federal government in regional telecom operators, set up in the process of telecom sector privatization. Svyazinvest incorporates 7 large mega-regional telecom operators, OJSC Giprosvyaz and OJSC Rostelecom, the national domestic long-distance and international operator. Svyazinvest network covers nearly the whole of Russia and its capacity makes up over 90% of the total country's capacity. The holding company's subsidiaries operate public telephone networks which installed capacity is over 33 million telephone lines (of January 1, 2009). Subsidiaries have licenses for provision of local, domestic long-distance and international telephone services, data transmission, etc. They also provide ISDN services, wireless subscriber access and mobile services.