FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM APRIL 29

MOSCOW, April 28, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for April 29, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.1426 roubles 1 British pound sterling 51.6341 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.3866 roubles 10 Danish krone 46.1117 roubles 1 US dollar 28.8636 roubles 1 euro 34.3275 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 39.2435 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.8343 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.3173 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 41.7146 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 41.8952 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 17.0156 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 20.4272 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 53.7707 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 37.6500 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.1704 roubles 100 Japanese yen 26.4125 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.