FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM OCTOBER 9-11

MOSCOW, October 8 (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 8, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.2852 rubles

1 British pound sterling 52.1931 rubles

1,000 Belarussian rubles 13.4361 rubles

10 Danish krone 48.4398 rubles

1 US dollar 29.2218 rubles

1 euro 36.0597 rubles

100 Icelandic krones 41.1923 rubles

100 Kazakh tenge 21.8187 rubles

1 Canadian dollar 23.2177 rubles

10 Norwegian krones 43.5172 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.7965 rubles

1 Singapore dollar 17.3485 rubles

1,000,000 Turkish lira 19.3166 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias 54.3166 rubles

10 Swedish kronas 39.8785 rubles

1 Swiss franc 23.2325 rubles

100 Japanese yen 26.4403 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.