FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM OCTOBER 28

MOSCOW, October 27 (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 28, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.4605 rubles

1 British pound sterling 52.8802 rubles

1,000 Belarussian rubles 13.2188 rubles

10 Danish krone 49.3454 rubles

1 US dollar 28.7674 rubles

1 euro 36.6986 rubles

100 Icelandic krones 41.6075 rubles

100 Kazakh tenge 21.7704 rubles

1 Canadian dollar 23.4702 rubles

10 Norwegian krones 44.8663 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights 43.1341 rubles

1 Singapore dollar 17.2736 rubles

1,000,000 Turkish lira 19.4440 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias 53.4571 rubles

10 Swedish kronas 40.6405 rubles

1 Swiss franc 23.9310 rubles

100 Japanese yen 26.9307 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.