FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM OCTOBER 15

MOSCOW, October 14 (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 15, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.1290 rubles

1 British pound sterling 52.2796 rubles

1,000 Belarussian rubles 13.3856 rubles

10 Danish krone 48.3532 rubles

1 US dollar 29.1154 rubles

1 euro 35.9750 rubles

100 Icelandic krones 41.1700 rubles

100 Kazakh tenge 21.8954 rubles

1 Canadian dollar 23.1387 rubles

10 Norwegian krones 43.8485 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.7385 rubles

1 Singapore dollar 17.2853 rubles

1,000,000 Turkish lira 19.5209 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias 54.1138 rubles

10 Swedish kronas 39.6841 rubles

1 Swiss franc 23.2570 rubles

100 Japanese yen 26.5409 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.