FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM DECEMBER 2

MOSCOW, December 1 (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 December 2, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.7881 rubles

1 British pound sterling 53.6312 rubles

1,000 Belarussian rubles 12.8445 rubles

10 Danish krone 50.1982 rubles

1 US dollar 28.0161 rubles

1 euro 37.3062 rubles

100 Icelandic krones 43.2214 rubles

100 Kazakh tenge 21.5442 rubles

1 Canadian dollar 23.6204 rubles

10 Norwegian krones 45.7092 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights 43.0299 rubles

1 Singapore dollar 17.1321 rubles

1,000,000 Turkish lira 19.5643 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.1492 rubles

10 Swedish kronas 41.7341 rubles

1 Swiss franc 24.6317 rubles

100 Japanese yen 27.2504 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.