FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM MARCH 10

MOSCOW, March 10, 2004. (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for March 10, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.5414 roubles 1 British pound sterling 52.0920 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2474 roubles 10 Danish krone 47.0304 roubles 1 US dollar 28.5733 roubles 1 euro 35.0623 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 40.5065 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.5617 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.5209 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 40.6830 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.1168 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.6754 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.5648 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 53.0038 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 38.2666 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.2101 roubles 100 Japanese yen 25.6608 roubles

The foreign currency exchange rates to the rouble of the Russian Federation are fixed for the purposes of accounting and customs duty payments and entail no obligation on the part of the Bank of Russia to buy or sell the currencies according to the above rates.