SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTONWashington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TOPursuant RULEto 13ARule 13a-16 ORor 15D15d-16 OFof THE SECURITIESthe EXCHANGESecurities ACTExchange OFAct of 1934

Date: ~~August 31~~November 5, 2009

COMMISSION FILECommission NUMBERfile number 1-14748

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY OF LONG -DISTANCE AND INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ROSTELECOM Doing Business as

ROSTELECOM (Translation of registrant’s name into English)

THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (~~Translation~~Jurisdiction of ~~registrant’s name into English~~organization)

~~THE~~14, ~~RUSSIAN~~1st TVERSKAYA-YAMSKAYA ~~FEDERATION~~ST. 125047 MOSCOW, RUSSIA (Address of principal executive offices)

~~(Jurisdiction of~~Registrant’s ~~organization)~~telephone number, international: +7 499 973 9940

~~14,~~Indicate ~~1st~~by ~~TVERSKAYA-YAMSKAYA~~check ~~ST.~~mark ~~125047~~whether ~~MOSCOW,~~the ~~RUSSIA~~registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

~~(Address of principal~~Form 20-F x ~~executive offices)~~ Form 40-F o

~~Registrant’s~~Indicate ~~telephone~~by check mark whether the registrant by ~~number,~~furnishing ~~international: +7~~the ~~499~~information contained in this Form is also thereby ~~973~~furnishing ~~9940~~the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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~~Form~~If ~~20-F~~“Yes” xis ~~Form~~marked, indicate ~~40-F~~below othe file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-

~~Indicate by~~On ~~check~~October 2, ~~mark~~2009, ~~whether~~OJSC Rostelecom (the “Company”) ~~registrant~~publicly bydisclosed ~~furnishing~~Affiliated ~~the~~Persons ~~information~~Report ~~contained~~for inthe fiscal quarter ~~this~~ended ~~Form~~September is30, ~~also~~2009 ~~thereby~~(the ~~furnishing~~“Affiliated ~~the~~Persons ~~information~~Report”) toas ~~the~~required ~~Commission~~by ~~pursuant~~the tosecurities ~~Rule 12g3-2(b) under~~legislation of the ~~Securities~~Russian ~~Exchange~~Federation. ~~Act~~A copy of ~~1934~~the Affiliated Persons Report is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

~~Yes~~The orequirements Nofor xthe contents of the Affiliated Persons Report and criteria for the information to be disclosed in the Affiliated Persons Report are set by the laws and regulations of the Russian Federation. Such requirements and criteria for the information disclosure may, therefore, materially differ from the reporting and disclosure requirements under the U.S. securities laws to which the Company is subject, including the reporting and disclosure requirements applicable to the Annual Report on Form 20-F.

IfTerms ~~“Yes”~~used isin ~~marked,~~the ~~indicate~~Affiliated ~~below~~Persons Report have the meaning ~~file~~given ~~number~~to them by the laws and regulations of the Russian Federation, ~~assigned~~which meaning may be different from the meaning given to the ~~registrant~~same interms ~~connection~~by ~~with~~the U.S. ~~Rule~~securities laws and reporting and disclosure requirements including the reporting and disclosure requirements, applicable to the Annual Report on Form ~~12g3~~20-~~2(b): 82-~~ F.

~~On August 14,~~For ~~2009,~~any ~~OJSC~~questions ~~Rostelecom~~concerning (the ~~“Company”)~~Affiliated ~~filed the Company’s~~Persons ~~Quarterly~~ Report, ~~for~~please ~~Q2 2009~~contact ~~(the~~Pavel ~~“Quarterly~~A. ~~Report”)~~Nezhutin, ~~with~~Corporate ~~the~~Secretary ~~Russian~~of OJSC ~~Federal~~Rostelecom, ~~Financial~~by ~~Markets~~phone ~~Service~~at +7 (~~“FFMS”~~499)973-9940, asby ~~required~~facsimile byat ~~the~~+7 ~~Russian~~(499)973-1055 or ~~Federation’s~~by ~~securities~~e-mail ~~legislation~~at pnezhutin@rt.ru.

The requirements for the contents of Quarterly Reports and criteria for the information to be disclosed in the Quarterly Reports are set by the laws and regulations of the Russian Federation and, in particular, the requirements of the FFMS. Such requirements and criteria for the information disclosure may, therefore, materially differ from the reporting and disclosure requirements under the U.S. securities laws to which the Company is subject, including the reporting and disclosure requirements applicable to the Annual Report on Form 20-F.2

Terms used in Quarterly Reports have the meaning given to them by the laws and regulations of the Russian Federation, which meaning may be different from the meaning given to the same terms by the U.S. securities laws and reporting and disclosure requirements, including the reporting and disclosure requirements, applicable to the Annual Report on Form 20-F.SIGNATURE

~~For any~~Pursuant ~~questions~~to ~~please~~the ~~contact~~requirements ~~Pavel~~of A.the ~~Nezhutin,~~Securities Exchange ~~Corporate~~Act ~~Secretary~~of 1934, bythe ~~phone at~~registrant +7has ~~499~~duly ~~973~~caused ~~9940,~~this byreport ~~facsimile~~to atbe +7signed on ~~499~~its ~~973~~behalf ~~1055~~by orthe byundersigned, ~~e-mail~~thereunto ~~at pnezhutin@rt~~duly authorized.~~ru.~~

The copy of the Quarterly Report is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.

Date: November 5, 2009	By:	/signed/ Anton Yu. Kolpakov
	Name:	Anton Yu. Kolpakov
	Title:	General Director

SIGNATUREEXHIBIT INDEX

~~Pursuant to~~The ~~the~~following ~~requirements~~exhibit ofhas ~~the~~been ~~Securities~~disclosed ~~Exchange~~as ~~Act~~a ofpart ~~1934, the registrant has~~of ~~duly caused~~ this ~~report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.~~Form 6-K:

Date: August 31, 2009	By:	/signed/ Anton Yu. Kolpakov
Exhibit Number	Description
	Name:	Anton Yu. Kolpakov
99.	English translation of the Affiliated Persons Report publicly disclosed on October 2, 2009.
	Title:	General Director

EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibit has been disclosed as a part of this Form 6-K:

Exhibit Number		Description
99		English translation of the Quarterly Report for Q2 2009 filed with the FFMS on August 14.

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