On June, 25, 2005, at their general annual meeting, the shareholders of the JSC «Rostelecom» elected the board of directors. The General Director of the IFC «METROPOL» Michael Viktorovich Slipenchuk, representing the interests of minority shareholders, was elected as member of the board the fourth year successively.

The board of directors of the JSC «Rostelecom» elected three committees. Michael Slipenchuk was included in the new structure of the Committee on audit of the board of directors, in the Committee on strategic planning and was repeatedly elected as chairman of the Committee on staff and premium of the company board of directors.