FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM OCTOBER 6

MOSCOW, October 5 (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 6, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.0786 rubles

1 British pound sterling 52.2290 rubles

1,000 Belarussian rubles 13.4448 rubles

10 Danish krone 48.2257 rubles

1 US dollar 29.2190 rubles

1 euro 35.8926 rubles

100 Icelandic krones 40.8886 rubles

100 Kazakh tenge 21.7363 rubles

1 Canadian dollar 22.9349 rubles

10 Norwegian krones 43.2842 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.8625 rubles

1 Singapore dollar 17.3365 rubles

1,000,000 Turkish lira 19.3439 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias 54.3357 rubles

10 Swedish kronas 39.6007 rubles

1 Swiss franc 23.1017 rubles

100 Japanese yen 26.3567 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.