FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM OCTOBER 2

MOSCOW, October 1 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the ruble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for the purposes of accounting and customs duty payments from October 2, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 20.2411 rubles

1 British pound sterling 52.9333 rubles

1,000 Belarussian rubles 13.4519 rubles

10 Danish krone 48.8024 rubles

1 US dollar 29.2175 rubles

1 euro 36.3203 rubles

100 Icelandic krones 41.3787 rubles

100 Kazakh tenge 21.7500 rubles

1 Canadian dollar 23.1554 rubles

10 Norwegian krones 43.5192 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.9202 rubles

1 Singapore dollar 17.3274 rubles

1,000,000 Turkish lira 19.3879 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias 54.3440 rubles

10 Swedish kronas 40.1339 rubles

1 Swiss franc 23.4359 rubles

100 Japanese yen 26.5469 rubles

The foreign currency exchange rates to the ruble of the Russian Federation entail no obligation on the part of the Bank of Russia to buy or sell the currencies according to the above rates.