FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM MARCH 30

MOSCOW, March 29, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for March 30, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.2212 roubles 1 British pound sterling 51.5216 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2431 roubles 10 Danish krone 46.2440 roubles 1 US dollar 28.4886 roubles 1 euro 34.4370 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 39.4634 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.5249 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.5545 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 40.9107 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 41.9754 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.8542 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.5171 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.8869 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 37.1371 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.0808 roubles 100 Japanese yen 26.9600 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.