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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.6



                                PLD TELEKOM INC.
                    (FORMERLY PETERSBURG LONG DISTANCE INC.)


                                                           CUSIP NO. 69340T-AA-8


                        14% SENIOR DISCOUNT NOTE DUE 2004

No. E-1

         THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
         HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO.

         UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
         DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY TO PLD TELEKOM INC. OR THE REGISTRAR FOR
         REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OR EXCHANGE AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED
         IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY
         AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (AND ANY
         PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS HAS
         BEEN REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
         COMPANY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
         OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER
         HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

         TRANSFER OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE,
         AND NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY OR TO A
         SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR'S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF
         INTERESTS IN THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN
         ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 2.6 OF THE
         INDENTURE, DATED AS OF MAY 31, 1996, AS AMENDED, BETWEEN PLD TELEKOM
         INC. (FORMERLY PETERSBURG LONG DISTANCE INC.), CERTAIN CORPORATIONS
         ACTING AS GUARANTORS AND NAMED THEREIN, AND THE TRUSTEE NAMED THEREIN,
         PURSUANT TO WHICH THIS NOTE WAS ISSUED.


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                  PLD Telekom Inc. (formerly Petersburg Long Distance Inc.), a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), for value received, hereby promises to pay
to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the principal sum indicated on
Schedule A hereof, on June 1, 2004.

                  Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth in this place.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature,
this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid
or obligatory for any purposes.

                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be
duly executed under its corporate seal.

Dated: October 21, 1998
                                             PLD TELEKOM INC.



                                             By:      /s/ James R.S. Hatt
                                             Name:    James R.S. Hatt
                                             Title:   President and
                                                      Chief Executive Officer

(Corporate Seal)

                                             By:      /s/ Simon Edwards
                                             Name:    Simon Edwards
                                             Title:   Senior Vice President and
                                                      Chief Financial Officer



TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee, 
certifies that this is one of the 
Notes referred to in the Indenture.


By: /s/ Thomas Tabor
    Authorized Signatory

                                PLD TELEKOM INC.
                    (FORMERLY PETERSBURG LONG DISTANCE INC.)

                                   GLOBAL NOTE
                 REPRESENTING 14% SENIOR DISCOUNT NOTES DUE 2004


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          1.      Indenture.

                  This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of debt securities
of PLD Telekom Inc. (formerly Petersburg Long Distance Inc.), a Delaware
corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the "Company"),
designated as its "14% Senior Discount Notes due 2004" (herein called the
"Notes") limited in aggregate principal amount at Stated Maturity to
$123,000,000 plus any additional amounts that may accrete from June 1, 1998
through November 30, 1998 (the "Total Principal Amount"), issued under an
indenture dated as of May 31, 1996 (as amended or supplemented from time to
time, the "Indenture") among the Company, the corporations acting as guarantors
and named therein (the "Guarantors"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee (the
"Trustee," which term includes any successor Trustee under the Indenture), to
which Indenture reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective
rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company,
the Guarantors, the Trustee and each Holder of Notes and of the terms upon which
the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The summary of the
terms of this Note contained herein does not purport to be complete and is
qualified by reference to the Indenture. All terms used in this Note which are
not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

                  The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, among other things, make certain
Investments and other Restricted Payments, pay dividends and other
distributions, incur Indebtedness, enter into or permit certain transactions
with Affiliates, create Liens, enter into or permit certain Sale and Leaseback
Transactions, make Asset Sales and engage in businesses other than the
Telecommunications Business. The Indenture also imposes limitations on the
ability of the Company to consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or
permit any other Person to merge with or into the Company, or sell, convey,
assign, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the
Property of the Company to any other Person. In addition, the Indenture imposes
limitations on the ability of Restricted Subsidiaries to issue guarantees and
Preferred Shares and to create consensual restrictions upon their ability to pay
dividends and make certain other payments to the Company.

          2.      Principal and Interest.

                  The Company promises to pay the Total Principal Amount to the
Holder hereof on June 1, 2004.

                  This Note is issued at a discounted principal value of
$87,697,300. This Note will accrete interest at a rate computed as if this Note
had been issued bearing interest at the rate of 14% per annum on May 31, 1996
(being a rate of 14.9445% per annum for the period from the Issue Date through
November 30, 1996), compounded semi-annually, to an aggregate principal amount
of $123,000,000 by December 1, 1998 (subject to the provisions of the next
paragraph). Thereafter interest on this Note will accrue at the rate of 14% per
annum (subject to the provisions of the next paragraph) and will be payable in
cash semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing June 1,
1999, until the principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.
The effect of the foregoing is that this Note will bear interest at the rate of
14.9445% per annum from the Issue Date through November 30, 1996 and 14% per
annum thereafter (subject to the provisions of the next paragraph). The payment
of interest on this Note in respect of the period from the Issue Date to
December 1, 1998, however, will effectively be deferred until Maturity and such
deferred interest will be compounded semi-annually and added to the outstanding
principal amount of this Note. Interest will be computed on the basis of a
360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

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                  Since the Company did not receive on or before May 31, 1998,
$20,000,000 in Cash Proceeds from a sale or sales of Qualified Stock of the
Company occurring subsequent to the Issue Date (other than Qualified Stock
issued upon the exercise of Warrants or upon conversion of the Convertible
Notes), this Note will bear interest at the rate of 14.5% per annum commencing
on June 1, 1998 until any Interest Payment Date prior to which the Company shall
have received such $20,000,000 in Cash Proceeds from such a sale of Qualified
Stock. Commencing on such Interest Payment Date, this Note will again bear
interest at the rate of 14% per annum. For purposes of this interest rate
adjustment provision, the Company will be deemed to have received such
$20,000,000 in Cash Proceeds if a Change of Control has occurred. The interest
so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date will, subject to certain exceptions provided in the Indenture, be paid to
the Person in whose name this Note (or the Note in exchange or substitution for
which this Note was issued) is registered at the close of business on the Record
Date for interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. The Record Date for any
Interest Payment Date is the close of business on May 15 or November 15, as the
case may be, whether or not a Business Day, immediately preceding the Interest
Payment Date on which such interest is payable. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for ("Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith
cease to be payable to the Holder on such Record Date and shall be paid as
provided in Section 2.11 of the Indenture.

                  Each payment of interest in respect of an Interest Payment
Date will include interest (including Additional Amounts (as hereinafter
defined), if any, and Special Interest (as defined in the Indenture, if any)
accrued through the day before such Interest Payment Date. If an Interest
Payment Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the interest payment to
be made on such Interest Payment Date will be made on the next succeeding
Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment
Date, and no additional interest will accrue as a result of such delayed
payment.

                  If this Note was issued in substitution for an Initial Note
pursuant to a Registered Exchange Offer on or prior to the Record Date for the
first Interest Payment Date following such substitution, accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, on the equivalent principal amount of the Initial Note in
substitution for which this Note was issued, up to but not including the date of
issuance of this Note, shall be paid on the first Interest Payment Date for this
Note to the Holder of this Note on the first Record Date with respect to this
Note. If this Note was issued in substitution for an Initial Note pursuant to a
Registered Exchange Offer subsequent to the Record Date for the first Interest
Payment Date following such substitution but on or prior to such Interest
Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest with respect to the
equivalent principal amount of the Initial Note in substitution for which this
Note was issued and any accrued and unpaid interest on this Note, including
Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if any, through the day before
such Interest Payment Date shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the
Holder of such Initial Note on such Record Date. Any accretion of value with
respect to the principal amount at Stated Maturity of the Initial Note for which
this Note was issued up to but including the date of issuance of this Note shall
be included as Accreted Value with respect to this Note.

                  To the extent lawful, the Company shall pay interest on (i) if
prior to December 1, 1998, any overdue Accreted Value of (and premium, if any,
on) this Note, or if on or after December 1, 1998, any overdue principal of (and
premium, if any, on) this Note, at the interest rate borne on this Note, plus 1%
per annum, and (ii) Defaulted Interest (without regard to any applicable grace
period), including Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if any, at
the same rate. The Company's obligation pursuant to the previous sentence shall
apply whether such overdue amount is due at its Stated Maturity, as a result of
the Company's obligations pursuant to Section 3.6, Section 4.7 or Section 4.8 of
the Indenture, or otherwise.

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          3.      Additional Amounts.

                  Except to the extent required by law, any and all payments of,
or in respect of, this Note shall be made free and clear of and without
deduction for or on account of any and all present or future taxes, levies,
imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect
thereto imposed by Canada, the Russian Federation, Cyprus or any other
jurisdiction with which the Company or any Guarantor has some connection
(including any jurisdiction (other than the United States of America) from or
through which payments under the Notes are made) or any political subdivision of
or any taxing authority in any such jurisdiction ("Canadian Taxes," "Russian
Taxes," "Cypriot Taxes" or "Other Taxes," respectively). If the Company or any
Guarantor shall be required by law to withhold or deduct any Canadian Taxes,
Russian Taxes, Cypriot Taxes or Other Taxes from or in respect of any sum
payable under this Note or pursuant to a Guarantee, the sum payable by the
Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, thereunder shall be increased by
the amount ("Additional Amounts") necessary so that after making all required
withholdings and deductions, the Holder of this Note shall receive an amount
equal to the sum that it would have received had no such withholdings and
deductions been made; provided that any such sum shall not be paid in respect of
any Canadian Taxes, Russian Taxes, Cypriot Taxes or Other Taxes to the Holder of
this Note (an "Excluded Holder") (i) resulting from the beneficial owner of this
Note carrying on business or being deemed to carry on business in or through a
permanent establishment or fixed base in the relevant taxing jurisdiction or any
political subdivision thereof or having any other connection with the relevant
taxing jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof or any taxing authority
therein other than the mere holding or owning of this Note, being a beneficiary
of the Guarantees, the receipt of any income or payments in respect of this Note
or the Guarantees or the enforcement of this Note or the Guarantees, (ii)
resulting from the Company or any Guarantor not dealing at arm's length (within
the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) with the Holder of this Note at the
time of such payment or at the time the amount of such payment is deemed to have
been paid or credited or (iii) that would not have been imposed but for the
presentation (where presentation is required) of this Note for payment more than
180 days after the date such payment became due and payable or was duly provided
for, whichever occurs later. The Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, will
also (i) make such withholding or deduction and (ii) remit the full amount
deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable
law, and, in any such case, the Company will furnish to each Holder on whose
behalf an amount was so remitted, within 30 calendar days after the date the
payment of any Canadian Taxes, Russian Taxes, Cypriot Taxes or Other Taxes is
due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such
payment by the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable. The Company will, upon
written request of each Holder (other than an Excluded Holder), reimburse each
such Holder for the amount of (i) any Canadian Taxes, Russian Taxes, Cypriot
Taxes or Other Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Holder as a result of
payments made under or with respect to any Notes, and (ii) any Canadian Taxes,
Russian Taxes, Cypriot Taxes or Other Taxes so levied or imposed with respect to
any reimbursement under the foregoing clause (i) so that the net amount received
by such Holder (net of payments made under or with respect to such Notes or the
Guarantees) after such reimbursement will not be less than the net amount the
Holder hereof would have received if Canadian Taxes, Russian Taxes, Cypriot
Taxes or Other Taxes on such reimbursement had not been imposed.

                  In addition, the Company or the Guarantors will pay any stamp,
issue, registration, documentary or other similar taxes and duties, including
interest and penalties, in respect of the creation, issue and offering of the
Notes payable in Canada, the United States, the Russian Federation or Cyprus or
any political subdivision thereof or taxing authority of or in the foregoing.
The Company and the Guarantors will also pay and indemnify the Holders from and
against all court fees and taxes or other taxes and duties, including interest
and penalties, paid by any of them in any jurisdiction in connection with any
action permitted to be taken by the Trustee or the Holders to create the Liens
on the Collateral and the Convertible Note Collateral and to enforce the
obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the
Guarantees, the Collateral Documents or the Convertible Note Collateral
Documents.

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          4.      Method of Payment.

                  The Company, through the Paying Agent, shall pay interest on
this Note to the registered Holder of this Note, as provided above. The Holder
must surrender this Note to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The
Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States of America
that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of all debts public and
private. Principal and interest will be payable at the office of the Paying
Agent but, at the option of the Company, interest may be paid by check mailed to
the registered Holders at their registered addresses.

          5.      Paying Agent and Registrar.

                  Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Registrar
under the Indenture. The Company may, upon written notice to the Trustee,
appoint and change any Paying Agent or Registrar. The Company or any of its
subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

          6.      Optional Redemption.

                  Except as set forth in the following paragraph, the Notes may
not be redeemed prior to June 13, 2001. Thereafter, the Notes will be subject to
redemption at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, upon not less than
30 calendar days' nor more than 60 calendar days' notice, at the prices
(expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon (if any), Additional Amounts (if any) and Special
Interest (if any) to the applicable Redemption Date, if redeemed during the
period from June 13, 2001 through May 31, 2002 at a percentage of 108.000% and
thereafter during the twelve-month period beginning June 1 of the years
indicated below:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
          Year                                       Percentage
          ----                                       ----------
<S>                                                  <C>
          2002                                       104.000%
          2003 and thereafter                        100.000%
</TABLE>

          The Notes may be redeemed, at the option of the Company, in whole but
not in part, upon not less than 30 or more than 60 days' notice to the Holders
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to
the Accreted Value thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, (including
Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if any) to the applicable
Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant
Record Date to receive interest (including Additional Amounts, if any, and
Special Interest, if any) due on the Interest Payment Date that is on or prior
to the Redemption Date) if, as a result of any change in or amendment to the
laws or the regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder of Canada, Cyprus, the
Russian Federation or any other jurisdiction with which the Company or any
Guarantor has any connection (other than as a result of a merger or
consolidation of the Company with or into a newly formed corporation solely for
the purpose of moving the Company's domicile out of Canada) or any political
subdivision thereof or any authority thereof or having power to tax therein, or
any change in the application or official interpretation of such laws or
regulations, or any change in administrative policy or assessing practice of the
applicable taxing authority, which change or amendment becomes effective on or
after May 24, 1996, the Company or the Guarantors (if the Guarantees are called)
are or would be required on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date to pay
Additional Amounts with respect to the Notes or the Guarantees and the payment
of such Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the use of any reasonable
measures available to the Company or the Guarantors, as the case may be. The
Company will also pay to the Holders on the Redemption Date any Additional
Amounts payable in respect of the period ending on the Redemption Date. Prior to
the publication of any notice of redemption pursuant to this provision, which in
no event will be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which
the Company or the Guarantors,

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as the case may be, would be required to pay such Additional Amounts were a
payment in respect of the Notes then due, the Company shall deliver to the
Trustee (i) an Officers' Certificate stating that the obligation to pay such
Additional Amounts cannot be avoided by the Company or the Guarantors, as the
case may be, taking reasonable measures and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel,
independent of the Company and the Guarantors and approved by the Trustee, to
the effect that the Company or the Guarantors have or will become obligated to
pay such Additional Amounts as a result of such change or amendment. Such
notice, once delivered by the Company to the Trustee, will be irrevocable. The
Trustee shall accept such Officers' Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as
sufficient evidence of the satisfaction of the condition precedent set forth in
clauses (i) and (ii) above, in which event it shall be conclusive and binding on
the Holders.

          7.      Notice of Redemption.

                  At least 30 calendar days but not more than 60 calendar days
before a Redemption Date, the Company will send a notice of redemption, first
class mail, postage prepaid, to Holders of Notes to be redeemed at the addresses
of such Holders as they appear in the Note Register.

                  If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time,
the Notes to be redeemed will be chosen by the Trustee in accordance with the
Indenture. If any Note is redeemed subsequent to a Record Date with respect to
any Interest Payment Date specified above and on or prior to such Interest
Payment Date, then any accrued interest (including Additional Amounts, if any,
and Special Interest, if any) will be paid on such Interest Payment Date to the
Holder of the Note at the close of business on such Record Date. If money in an
amount sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Notes (or portions thereof)
to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with the Paying Agent on or
before the applicable Redemption Date and certain other conditions are
satisfied, interest (including Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest,
if any) on the Notes to be redeemed on the applicable Redemption Date will cease
to accrue.

                  The Notes are not subject to any sinking fund.

          8.      Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Change of Control.

                  Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder of
Notes shall have the right to require the Company to purchase such Holder's
Notes, in whole or in part in a principal amount that is an integral multiple of
$1,000, pursuant to a Change of Control Offer, at a purchase price in cash equal
to 101% of the Accreted Value thereof on any Change of Control Payment Date,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, Additional Amounts, if any, and
Special Interest, if any, to the Change of Control Payment Date.

                  Within 30 calendar days following any Change of Control, the
Company shall send, or cause to be sent, by first class mail, postage prepaid, a
notice regarding the Change of Control Offer to each Holder of Notes. The Holder
of this Note may elect to have this Note or a portion hereof in an authorized
denomination purchased by completing the form entitled "Option of Holder to
Require Purchase" appearing below and tendering this Note pursuant to the Change
of Control Offer. Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of
Control Purchase Price with respect thereto, all Notes or portions thereof
accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to
accrue interest, Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if any, from
and after the Change of Control Payment Date.

          9.      Repurchase at the Option of Holders upon Asset Sale.

                  Subject to the limitations set forth in the next following
paragraph, if at any time the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary engages in
any Asset Sale, as a result of which the aggregate amount


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of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5,000,000, the Company shall, within 30 calendar
days of the date the amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5,000,000, use the
then-existing Excess Proceeds to make an offer to purchase from all Holders, on
a pro rata basis, Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the maximum
principal amount that may be purchased out of the then-existing Excess Proceeds,
at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the Accreted Value thereof on any
Asset Sale Payment Date plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any,
Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if any, to the Asset Sale
Payment Date, provided that Excess Proceeds attributed to an Asset Sale of
Convertible Note Collateral (as defined on the Indenture) must be used first to
make an "Asset Sale Offer" pursuant to the Convertible Note Indenture (as
defined in the Indenture). Upon completion of an Asset Sale Offer (including
payment of the Asset Sale Purchase Price for accepted Notes), any surplus Excess
Proceeds that were the subject of such offer shall cease to be Excess Proceeds,
and the Company may then use such amounts for general corporate purposes,
including the making of an "Asset Sale Offer" pursuant to the Convertible Note
Indenture.

                  Notwithstanding the paragraph above, the Company will not be
obligated to repurchase Notes in connection with an Asset Sale Offer
representing in aggregate more than 25% of the original aggregate principal
amount of the Notes (which original aggregate principal amount shall for these
purposes be the aggregate amount originally allocated to the Notes, net of any
amounts allocated to the Warrants, without any adjustment whatsoever) prior to
the date following the Five Year Date, and the original aggregate principal
amount of Notes repurchased in connection with any Asset Sale Offer having a
purchase date prior to the date following the Five Year Date shall represent no
more than 25% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes less the
original aggregate principal amount of Notes purchased pursuant to Asset Sale
Offers relating to all prior Asset Sales. To the extent that the amount of
Excess Proceeds exceeds the amount of Notes purchased because of the limitation
imposed by the immediately preceding sentence (the amount of such excess being
the "Aggregate Unused Proceeds"), such Aggregate Unused Proceeds shall
constitute Excess Proceeds for purposes of the first Asset Sale Offer that is
made after the Five Year Date and, in the event the amount of the Aggregate
Unused Proceeds exceeds $5,000,000, promptly after the Five Year Date, the
Company shall commence an Asset Sale Offer on a pro rata basis for an aggregate
principal amount of Notes equal to the Aggregate Unused Proceeds (and any other
Excess Proceeds that arise between the Five Year Date and such Asset Sale Offer)
at a purchase price equal to 100% of the Accreted Value of the Notes, plus
accrued interest, if any, Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if
any, to the date of purchase.

                  Within 30 calendar days of the date the amount of Excess
Proceeds exceeds $5,000,000, the Company shall send, or cause to be sent, by
first class mail, postage prepaid, a notice regarding the Asset Sale Offer to
each Holder of Notes. The Holder of this Note may elect to have this Note or a
portion hereof in an authorized denomination purchased by completing the form
entitled "Option of Holder to Require Purchase" appearing below and tendering
this Note pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. Unless the Company defaults in the
payment of the Offer Purchase Price with respect thereto, all Notes or portions
thereof selected for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will cease to
accrue interest, Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if any, from
and after the Asset Sale Payment Date.

          10.     The Global Note.

                  So long as this Global Note is registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee, members of, or participants in, the Depositary
("Agent Members") shall have no rights under the Indenture with respect to this
Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or the Trustee as its
custodian, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Guarantors, the
Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee as the
absolute owner of this Global Note for all purposes. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, nothing herein shall (i) prevent the Company, the Guarantors, the
Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any
written certification, proxy or other authorization


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furnished by the Depositary or (ii) impair, as between the Depositary and its
Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of
the rights of a Holder of Notes.

                  The Holder of this Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise
authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold
interests in this Global Note through Agent Members, to take any action which a
Holder of Notes is entitled to take under the Indenture or the Notes.

                  Whenever, as a result of an optional redemption of Notes by
the Company, a Change of Control Offer, an Asset Sale Offer or an exchange for
Certificated Notes, this Global Note is redeemed, repurchased or exchanged in
part, this Global Note shall be surrendered by the Holder thereof to the Trustee
who shall cause an adjustment to be made to Schedule A hereof so that the
principal amount of this Global Note will be equal to the portion not redeemed,
repurchased or exchanged and shall thereafter return this Global Note to such
Holder; provided that this Global Note shall be in a principal amount at Stated
Maturity of $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000.

          11.     Transfer and Exchange.

                  The Holder of this Global Note shall, by its acceptance of
this Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in this Global
Note may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by such Holder
(or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Notes
represented thereby shall be required to be reflected in book entry form.

                  Transfers of this Global Note shall be limited to transfers in
whole, and not in part, to the Depositary, its successors and their respective
nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in this Global Note may be transferred
in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary (or its
successors).

                  This Global Note will be exchanged by the Company for one or
more Certificated Notes if (a) the Depositary (i) has notified the Company that
it is unwilling or unable to continue as, or ceases to be, a "Clearing Agency"
registered under Section 17A of the Exchange Act and (ii) a successor to the
Depositary registered as a "Clearing Agency" under Section 17A of the Exchange
Act is not appointed by the Company within 90 calendar days or (b) the
Depositary is at any time unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary and a
successor to the Depositary is not able to be appointed by the Company within 90
calendar days. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Company
shall, at the request of the Holder hereof, exchange all or part of this Global
Note for one or more Certificated Notes; provided that the principal amount at
Stated Maturity of each of such Certificated Notes and this Global Note, after
such exchange, shall be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. Whenever this
Global Note is exchanged as a whole for one or more Certificated Notes, it shall
be surrendered by the Holder to the Trustee for cancellation. Whenever this
Global Note is exchanged in part for one or more Certificated Notes, it shall be
surrendered by the Holder to the Trustee and the Trustee shall make the
appropriate notations thereon pursuant to Section 2.5(c) of the Indenture. All
Certificated Notes issued in exchange for this Global Note or any portion hereof
shall be registered in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee.
Any Certificated Notes issued in exchange for this Global Note shall include the
Unit Legend except as set forth in Section 2.6(j) of the Indenture. Interests in
this Global Note may not be exchanged for Certificated Notes other than as
provided in this paragraph.

          Following the suspension or termination of a Shelf Registration
Statement, the Holder of this Note (or holders of interests therein) and
prospective purchasers designated by such Holder (or such holders of interests
therein) shall have the right to obtain from the Company upon request by such
Holder (or such holders of interests) or prospective purchasers, during any
period in which the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, or exempt from reporting pursuant to 12g3-2(b) under the


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Exchange Act, the information required by paragraph (d)(4)(i) of Rule 144 in
connection with any transfer or proposed transfer of such Note or interest.

          12.     Denominations.

                  The Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons
in denominations of $1,000 of principal amount at Stated Maturity and integral
multiples thereof.

          13.     Unclaimed Money.

                  If money for the payment of principal or interest remains
unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to
the Company at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another
Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to
the Company and not to the Trustee for payment unless such abandoned property
law designates another Person.

          14.     Discharge and Defeasance.

                  Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time may
terminate some or all of its and the Guarantors' obligations under the Notes,
the Guarantees, the Indenture, the Collateral Documents and the Convertible Note
Collateral Documents if the Company irrevocably deposits with the Trustee money
or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the
Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

          15.     Amendment, Waiver.

                  Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, (i)
the Indenture, the Notes, the Collateral Documents and the Convertible Note
Collateral Documents may be amended with the written consent of the Holders of
at least a majority in principal amount at Stated Maturity of the outstanding
Notes and (ii) any past Default and its consequences may be waived with the
written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount at
Stated Maturity of the outstanding Notes. Without the consent of any Holder of
Notes, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend the Indenture, the
Notes, the Collateral Documents and the Convertible Note Collateral Document (i)
to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or the Guarantors,
as applicable, and the assumption by such successor of the covenants of the
Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture, the Collateral
Documents or the Convertible Note Collateral Documents; (ii) to add additional
covenants or to surrender rights and powers conferred on the Company or the
Guarantors by the Indenture, the Collateral Documents and the Convertible Note
Collateral Documents; (iii) to add any additional Events of Default; (iv) to
provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of Certificated
Notes; (v) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under the
Indenture of a successor Trustee; (vi) to add additional security for the Notes
and/or the Guarantees; (vii) to cure any ambiguity in the Indenture, the
Collateral Documents or the Convertible Note Collateral Documents, to correct or
supplement any provision in the Indenture, the Collateral Documents or the
Convertible Note Collateral Documents which may be inconsistent with any other
provision therein or to add any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under the Indenture, the Collateral Documents or the
Convertible Note Collateral Documents, provided that such actions shall not
adversely affect the interests of the Holders in any material respect; or (viii)
to comply with the requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain
the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.


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          16.     Defaults and Remedies.

                  Events of Default under the Indenture include in summary form:
default in payment of interest, including Additional Amounts, if any, or Special
Interest, if any, on the Notes for 30 days; default in payment of principal on
the Notes; failure to comply with certain of the covenants in the Indenture,
including the Change of Control covenant, the Asset Sale covenant or the
Restrictive Payments covenant; failure by the Company to comply with certain of
its other agreements in the Indenture or the Notes or any Collateral Document or
any Convertible Note Collateral Document or a breach of a representation or
warranty in any Collateral Document or any Convertible Note Collateral Document
and the continuance of such default or breach for 45 days after notice;
expropriation of assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
having a book value, less the book value of the expropriation proceeds,
constituting more than 15% of the book value, on a consolidated basis, of the
Company's assets minus current assets; defaults in the payment of certain other
Indebtedness, or defaults, other than such payment defaults, which result in the
acceleration prior to express maturity of certain other Indebtedness or which
consist of the failure to pay at maturity; certain final judgments which remain
undischarged, unwaived, unappealed, unbonded, unstayed or unsatisfied; certain
events of bankruptcy or insolvency; failure of a Guarantee, a Collateral
Document or any Convertible Note Collateral Document to be in effect, the denial
of obligations under a Guarantee, a Collateral Document, a Convertible Note
Collateral Document or the Notes by the Company or the Guarantors party thereto
or the failure of the Notes and the Guarantees to be secured by the theretofore
perfected security interests in the Collateral or the Convertible Note
Collateral (except as permitted by the Indenture, the Collateral Documents or
the Convertible Note Collateral Documents), which in each circumstance continues
for 30 days after notice. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount at Stated Maturity of
the Notes, subject to certain limitations, may declare all the Notes to be
immediately due and payable. Certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency are
Events of Default and shall result in the Notes being immediately due and
payable upon the occurrence of such Events of Default without any further act of
the Trustee or any Holder.

                  Holders of Notes may not enforce the Indenture, the
Guarantees, the Notes, the Collateral Documents or the Convertible Note
Collateral Documents except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse
to enforce the Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees, the Collateral Documents or
the Convertible Note Collateral Documents unless it receives reasonable
indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a Majority in
principal amount at Stated Maturity of the Notes may direct the Trustee in its
exercise of any trust or power under the Indenture, the Collateral Documents and
the Convertible Note Collateral Documents. The Holders of a majority in
principal amount at Stated Maturity of the outstanding Notes, by written notice
to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind any declaration of acceleration and
its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or
decree, and if all Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment
of principal and interest (including Additional Amounts, if any, and Special
Interest, if any) that has become due solely because of the acceleration.

          17.     Collateral Documents.

                  As provided in the Indenture, the Collateral Documents and the
Convertible Note Collateral Documents and subject to certain limitations set
forth therein, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under the
Indenture, the Collateral Documents and the Convertible Note Collateral
Documents are secured by the Collateral and the Convertible Note Collateral as
provided in the Collateral Documents and the Convertible Note Collateral
Documents. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, agrees to be bound to all terms and
provisions of the Collateral Documents and the Convertible Note Collateral
Documents, as the same may be amended from time to time. The Liens created under
the Collateral Documents shall be released upon the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Collateral Documents and the
Convertible Note Collateral Documents.


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          18.     Individual Rights of Trustee.

                  Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Trust Indenture
Act, the Trustee or any Paying Agent or Registrar, in its individual or any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal
with the Company, the Guarantors, its Restricted Subsidiaries or its Affiliates
with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent or
Registrar, as the case may be, under the Indenture.

          19.     No Recourse Against Certain Others.

                  No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of
the Company or any Guarantor, as such, shall have any liability for any
obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees or
the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such
obligations or their creation, solely by reason of his or her status as a
director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any
Guarantor. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such
liability (but only such liability) as part of the consideration for issuance of
such Note to such Holder.

          20.     Governing Law.

                  THE INDENTURE, THE GUARANTEES AND THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE
TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SAID STATE.

          21.     Abbreviations.

                  Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or
an assignee, such as TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the
entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors
Act).

          22.     CUSIP Numbers.

                  Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on
Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers
to be printed on the Notes and have directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in
notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as
to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained
in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers placed thereon.

          23.     Subordination.

                  The indebtedness evidenced by this Note is, to the extent
provided in the Indenture, subordinate and subject in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, and this Note is issued
subject to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of
this Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such
action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so
provided, and (c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.


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                  The Company will furnish to any Holder of Notes upon written
request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it
the text of this Note. Requests may be made to:

                              PLD Telekom Inc.
                              680 Fifth Avenue
                              24th Floor
                              New York, New York 10019


                              SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

                  Subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture, the
Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to in this Note and each
hereinafter referred to as a "Guarantor," which term includes any successor or
additional Guarantor under the Indenture) have, jointly and severally,
irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed (a) the due and punctual payment of
the principal (and premium, if any) of and interest (including Additional
Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if any) on the Notes, whether at Stated
Maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption, upon a Change of Control Offer,
Asset Sale Offer, purchase or otherwise, (b) the due and punctual payment of
interest on the overdue principal of and interest (including Additional Amounts,
if any, and Special Interest, if any) on the Notes, if any, to the extent
lawful, (c) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the
Company and the Guarantors to the Holders under the Indenture, the Notes, the
Collateral Documents and the Convertible Note Collateral Documents and (d) in
case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such
other obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed
in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated
Maturity, by acceleration, call for redemption, upon a Change of Control Offer,
Asset Sale Offer, purchase or otherwise. Capitalized terms used herein shall
have the same meanings assigned to them in the Indenture unless otherwise
indicated.

                  Payment on each Note is guaranteed jointly and severally, by
the Guarantors pursuant to Article X of the Indenture and reference is made to
such Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantees.

                  The obligations of each Guarantor are limited to the lesser of
(a) an amount equal to such Guarantor's Adjusted Net Assets as of the date of
the Guarantee and (b) the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such
maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor
(including, if applicable, its obligations under the Convertible Notes), and
after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of
any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under
its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under the Indenture,
result in the obligations of such Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting
a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under
federal or state law or not otherwise being void, voidable or unenforceable
under any similar other bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, liquidation or
other similar legislation or legal principles under applicable foreign law. Each
Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under a Guarantee shall be
entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor in a pro rata amount based
on the Adjusted Net Assets of each Guarantor.

                  Certain of the Guarantors may be released from their
Guarantees upon the terms and subject to the conditions provided in the
Indenture.

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                  The Guarantee shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its
successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the Trustee and the
Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder
or the Trustee, the rights, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that
party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or
assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in the Indenture.

                                   NWE CAPITAL (CYPRUS) LIMITED



                                   By: /s/ Clayton A. Waite

                                   PLD ASSET LEASING LIMITED



                                   By: /s/ Clayton A. Waite

                                   PLD CAPITAL LIMITED



                                   By: /s/ Clayton A. Waite

                                   PLD CAPITAL ASSET (U.S.) INC.



                                   By: /s/ E. Clive Anderson


                                   BALTIC COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED



                                   By: /s/ E. Clive Anderson


                                   WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONS
                                   LIMITED



                                   By: /s/ E. Clive Anderson



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                                   SCHEDULE A

                          SCHEDULE OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT


The initial principal amount at Stated Maturity of this Note shall be
$123,000,000.00. The following decreases/increase in the principal amount at
maturity of this Note have been made:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                             TOTAL PRINCIPAL
                                                                                AMOUNT AT                NOTATION
                               DECREASE IN             INCREASE IN              MATURITY                 MADE BY
        DATE OF                 PRINCIPAL               PRINCIPAL            FOLLOWING SUCH               OR ON
       DECREASE/                AMOUNT AT               AMOUNT AT               DECREASE/               BEHALF OF
       INCREASE                 MATURITY                MATURITY                INCREASE                 TRUSTEE
       --------                 --------                --------                --------                 -------
<S>                           <C>                      <C>                  <C>                         <C>
</TABLE>

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                                   ASSIGNMENT

                    (To be executed by the registered Holder
                  if such Holder desires to transfer this Note)

FOR VALUE RECEIVED                      hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
TAX IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF TRANSFEREE


                  (Please print name and address of transferee)


this Note, together with all right, title and interest herein, and does hereby
irrevocably constitute and appoint ________________________ Attorney to transfer
this Note on the Security Register, with full power of substitution.

Dated: _______________________



______________________________      ________________________ Signature of Holder

                                    Signatures must be guaranteed by an
                                    "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the
                                    requirements of the Registrar, in which
                                    requirements include membership or
                                    participation in the Security Transfer Agent
                                    Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other
                                    "signature guarantee program" as may be
                                    determined by the Registrar in addition to,
                                    or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
                                    accordance with the Securities Exchange Act
                                    of 1934, as amended.

NOTICE: The signature to the foregoing Assignment must correspond to the Name as
written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or
any change whatsoever.




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                       OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
                             (check as appropriate)

[ ]       In connection with the Change of Control Offer made pursuant to
          Section 4.7 of the Indenture, the undersigned hereby elects to have

          [ ]     the entire principal amount

          [ ]     $_____________________ ($1,000 in principal amount at Stated
                  Maturity or an integral multiple thereof) of this Note

                   repurchased by the Company. The undersigned hereby directs
                   the Trustee or Paying Agent to pay it or __________________an
                   amount in cash equal to 101% of the Accreted Value of this
                   Note, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, and
                   Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if any, to
                   the Change of Control Payment Date.

[ ]       In connection with the Asset Sale Offer made pursuant to Section 4.8
          of the Indenture, the undersigned hereby elects to have

          [ ]     the entire principal amount

          [ ]     $_____________________ ($1,000 in principal amount at Stated
                  Maturity or an integral multiple thereof) of this Note

                  repurchased by the Company. The undersigned hereby directs the
                  Trustee or Paying Agent to pay it or ______________________an
                  amount in cash equal to 100% of the Accreted Value of this
                  Note, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, and
                  Additional Amounts, if any, and Special Interest, if any, to
                  the Asset Sale Payment Date.

Dated: _______________________


______________________________      ________________________ Signature of Holder

                                    Signatures must be guaranteed by an
                                    "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the
                                    requirements of the Registrar, in which
                                    requirements include membership or
                                    participation in the Security Transfer Agent
                                    Medallion Program ("STAMP") or such other
                                    "signature guarantee program" as may be
                                    determined by the Registrar in addition to,
                                    or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
                                    accordance with the Securities Exchange Act
                                    of 1934, as amended.



NOTICE: The signature to the foregoing must correspond to the Name as written
upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or any change
whatsoever.