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

MOSCOW, January 27, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for January 28, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.9671 roubles 1 British pound sterling 51.5988 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.1637 roubles 10 Danish krone 47.6741 roubles 1 US dollar 28.5139 roubles 1 euro 35.5198 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 41.0154 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.4461 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.6655 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 41.2068 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.4900 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.7837 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.5688 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.8221 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 38.6551 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.6769 roubles 100 Japanese yen 26.8467 roubles

The foreign currency exchange rates to the rouble of the Russian Federation are fixed for the purposes of accounting and customs duty payments and entail no obligation on the part of the Bank of Russia to buy or sell the currencies according to the above rates.