SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 6-K

                        REPORT of Foreign Private Issuer

                    Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                             Date: January 08, 2003

                         Commission file 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
                         (Jurisdiction of organization)

                         14 1ST TVERSKAYA-YAMSKAYA STR.
                              125047 MOSCOW, RUSSIA
                    (Address of principal executive offices)

          Registrant's telephone number, international: +7 095 973 9940

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                        Form 20-F  X       Form 40-F
                                  ---                ---

     Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

                               Yes          No  X
                                   ---         ---

     If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-________

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     On January 08, 2003, OJSC Rostelecom (the "Company")  filed two "Reports on
Material Facts (Events and Actions) Affecting Financial and Economic Activity of
the Issuer" (the "Material  Facts Report") with the Russian  Federal  Commission
for the  Securities  Market  ("FCSM") as  required  by the Russian  Federation's
securities legislation.

     The requirements for the contents of the Material Facts Report and criteria
for the information to be disclosed in the Material Facts Report are established
by the laws and regulations of the Russian  Federation  and, in particular,  the
requirements  of the FCSM.  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.

     As a consequence of such  differences,  the Material Facts Report  includes
information based on unaudited  unconsolidated statutory financial statements of
the Company prepared in accordance with Russian  accounting  standards  ("RAS").
RAS differs in significant respects from International  Accounting Standards and
from generally accepted accounting  principles in the United States.  Therefore,
the results  disclosed  in the  Material  Facts  Report are  prepared on a basis
different from the Company's audited annual  consolidated  financial  statements
included in its Annual Report on Form 20-F.

     Terms used in the Material  Facts Report 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.

         For any questions concerning the Material Facts Report, contact Olga V.
Mokhoreva, head of the Securities Department of the Company, by phone at +7
(095) 973-9940, by facsimile at +7 (095) 787-2850 or by e-mail at
mokhoreva@hq.rt.ru.

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                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Date:    January 08, 2003               By: [signed]    Vladimir I. Androsik
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                                            Name:  Vladimir I. Androsik
                                            Title: Deputy General Director --
                                                     Finance Director

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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

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

Exhibit Number      Description

     1.             English  translation  of the Material  Facts Report filed by
                    the Company with the Russian  Federation  Commission for the
                    Securities   Market   (Code   of   fact   (event,   action):
                    0400124A27122002).

     2.             English  translation  of the Material  Facts Report filed by
                    the Company with the Russian  Federation  Commission for the
                    Securities   Market   (Code   of   fact   (event,   action):
                    1800124A27122002).

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