FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM MARCH 4

MOSCOW, March 3, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for March 4, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.5022 roubles 1 British pound sterling 52.4331 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2524 roubles 10 Danish krone 46.7913 roubles 1 US dollar 28.5895 roubles 1 euro 34.8935 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 40.2896 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.4643 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.1900 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 40.1482 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.2879 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.7249 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.4475 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 53.0329 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 37.6549 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.0241 roubles 100 Japanese yen 25.9692 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.