Board of Directors of Comstar UTS Approved Six Month Loan for US$ 675 Million.

MOSCOW -- "COMSTAR - United TeleSystems" ("Comstar UTS") (LSE: CMST), the leading provider of integrated telecommunication services in Russia and the CIS, today announced that it has arranged a US$ 675 million six month loan facility with ABN AMRO Bank N.V. The interest rate was fixed at 1.2% above LIBOR. The term of the loan can be extended to twelve months.

Nikolay Tokarev, Chief Financial Officer of Comstar UTS, commented: "The loan has been raised in connection with the recent acquisition of the 25% plus one share in Svyazinvest. We have increased the debt level in the capital structure of the Company with this important transaction, which is the first of this size for Comstar UTS. This increase in leverage has also benefited the Company by reducing the weighted average cost of capital".

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Comstar UTS is a leading provider of integrated communications services in Moscow and the Moscow region in terms of revenues and subscribers and also offers communications services in other regions of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States. Comstar UTS had 3.6 million subscribers in its traditional segment of the business, 477.3 thousand subscribers in its alternative segment in Moscow and 92.2 thousand subscriber in its alternative segment in the regions at September 30, 2006. Comstar UTS offers voice, data and Internet, pay-TV and various value-added services to corporate, operator and residential subscribers, using its alternative and traditional fixed-line networks. Comstar UTS had consolidated operating revenues of US$ 828.2 million for the nine months of 2006 and Comstar UTS' consolidated assets totalled US$ 2.8 billion at September 30, 2006. Comstar UTS ordinary shares are listed on the Moscow Stock Exchange and on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol "CMST".

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