Andrew Sorokin

Golden Telecom, Inc. provides integrated telecommunications and Internet services in Russia and other countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The company offers voice, data and Internet services to corporations, operators, and consumers using its metropolitan overlay network in cities, including Moscow, Kiev, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, and Tashkent and via leased channels, and intercity fiber optic and satellite-based networks. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Moscow, Russia.

Part of Vimpel-Communications PJSC, Cityline is an internet access provider. The company is based in Moscow, Russian Federation. The Russian company was founded by Michael L. Metzler. Cityline was acquired by Golden Telecom, Inc., part of Vimpel-Communications PJSC from February 19, 2008 on April 15, 2001 for $23 million.