FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM FEBRUARY 17

MOSCOW, February 16, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for February 17, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 22.5366 roubles 1 British pound sterling 53.7357 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2123 roubles 10 Danish krone 48.7084 roubles 1 US dollar 28.4949 roubles 1 euro 36.3054 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 41.8919 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.4865 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.6428 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 41.1485 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.9828 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 17.0119 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.7684 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.7947 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 39.6799 roubles 1 Swiss franc 23.0225 roubles 100 Japanese yen 27.0119 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.