FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM OCTOBER 14

MOSCOW, October 13 (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 14, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.2459 rubles

1 British pound sterling 52.1741 rubles

1,000 Belarussian rubles 13.3854 rubles

10 Danish krone 48.2181 rubles

1 US dollar 29.1199 rubles

1 euro 35.8670 rubles

100 Icelandic krones 41.1182 rubles

100 Kazakh tenge 21.8413 rubles

1 Canadian dollar 23.1515 rubles

10 Norwegian krones 43.6973 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.7343 rubles

1 Singapore dollar 17.2747 rubles

1,000,000 Turkish lira 19.4717 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias 54.0960 rubles

10 Swedish kronas 39.5538 rubles

1 Swiss franc 23.1809 rubles

100 Japanese yen 26.4775 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.