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We are proud to share two articles in the Financial Times published this week, reporting on MTS and our content portal, Omlet.ru. We have talked about Omlet.ru in this blog before and it has recently received Meffys award.

During our trip to New York to celebrate the 10th anniversary of listing on the NYSE, Mikhail Shamolin, President and CEO of MTS, met with the Financial Times journalists. Mikhail talked about content distribution in Russia, how we can overcome the piracy grip, and why MTS has a window of opportunity to carve a strong position in the potentially lucrative content market.

Here are the articles:

Financial Times, Russian Omlet mushrooms with legal downloads

Financial Times, Russia’s MTS in talks to boost web content

Two MTS executives were named among the 40 most important telecom leaders under the age of 40. Mikhail Shamolin, President and CEO of the Company, and Mikhail Gerchuk, Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, became the only executives from Russia and the CIS to make the “40 under 40” list by Global Telecoms Business magazine.

You can download the full report or read extracts here.

Pavel Roytberg, Director for Products and Services at MTS Russia, receives the GSMA Global Mobile Award.

We have attended the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week and wanted to share some highlights of MTS at the show for the readers of our blog.

In a video interview below with Light Reading TV, Dr. Michael Hecker, Vice President for Strategy and Corporate Development at MTS, discusses the rising demand for data in our markets, our growth outlook and plans for LTE.



There have also been a number of announcements at the show relevant to MTS:

FOX Business Network, interviewed Mikhail Shamolin, CEO and President of MTS, in Davos last week. Shamolin attended the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010 in Davos, using the opportunity to meet with his peers to learn how others are managing through the global economic downturn and discuss trends and ideas shaping the telecom and entertainment industries. In the video below, Shamolin discusses the future of telecoms and the potential for growth in our core markets of Russia and the CIS.

Global Telecom Business, a leading telecommunications trade magazine, recently interviewed Mikhail Shamolin, President and CEO of MTS. The interview is now available on GTB’s website, where Shamolin discusses the acquisition of Comstar and MTS’ plans for delivering content to subscribers.

Russia Today, the leading English-speaking TV channel based in Russia, has reported on our Q2 results and the intent to acquire a controlling stake in COMSTAR-UTS.

You can check out the video on their website, featuring an interview with our President and CEO, Mikhail Shamolin.

Mikhail Gerchuk, Chief Commercial Officer of MTS, was interviewed in the June issue of Total Telecom, one of the most respected telecommunications magazines. Mikhail met with the Total Telecom editor to discuss the BrandZ 2009 ranking, where MTS became the 71st most valuable brand globally and one of the 10 most valuable telecom brands, worth $9.2 billion (see press release, BrandZ website and the report in the Financial Times).