Foreign currency exchange rates as fixed by the Central Bank of Russia for March 17

MOSCOW, March 16 (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 March 17, 2006:

1 Australian dollar - 20.4901 rubles

1 British pound sterling - 48.5464 rubles

1,000 Belarusian rubles - 12.9303 rubles

10 Danish krones - 44.8714 rubles

1 US dollar - 27.8171 rubles

1 euro - 33.5224 rubles

100 Icelandic krones - 39.7671 rubles

100 Kazakh tenges - 21.7002 rubles

1 Canadian dollar - 24.0653 rubles

1 new Turkish lira - 20.8524 rubles

10 Norwegian krones - 41.9786 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights - 40.0369 rubles

1 Singapore dollar - 17.1647rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias - 54.4696 rubles

10 Swedish kronas - 35.7069 rubles

1 Swiss franc - 21.4011 rubles

100 Japanese yen - 23.5938 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.