FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM OCTOBER 7

MOSCOW, October 6 (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 7, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.1681 rubles

1 British pound sterling 52.1136 rubles

1,000 Belarussian rubles 13.4367 rubles

10 Danish krone 48.3575 rubles

1 US dollar 29.2215 rubles

1 euro 35.9980 rubles

100 Icelandic krones 41.0645 rubles

100 Kazakh tenge 21.7611 rubles

1 Canadian dollar 23.1641 rubles

10 Norwegian krones 43.5193 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.8022 rubles

1 Singapore dollar 17.2847 rubles

1,000,000 Turkish lira 19.4163 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias 54.3342 rubles

10 Swedish kronas 39.8265 rubles

1 Swiss franc 23.1366 rubles

100 Japanese yen 26.2807 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.