FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM DECEMBER 29

MOSCOW, December 28 (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 29, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.6423 rubles

1 British pound sterling 53.7724 rubles

1,000 Belarussian rubles 12.7628 rubles

10 Danish krone 50.8188 rubles

1 US dollar 27.7750 rubles

1 euro 37.8323 rubles

100 Icelandic krones 45.0308 rubles

100 Kazakh tenge 21.3643 rubles

1 Canadian dollar 22.8300 rubles

10 Norwegian krones 45.7209 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights 43.1037 rubles

1 Singapore dollar 16.9898 rubles

1,000,000 Turkish lira 20.5741 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias 51.2416 rubles

10 Swedish kronas 41.9644 rubles

1 Swiss franc 24.4606 rubles

100 Japanese yen 26.9529 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.