FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM MARCH 10

MOSCOW, March 9, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for March 10, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.7877 roubles 1 British pound sterling 52.9532 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2130 roubles 10 Danish krone 47.6193 roubles 1 US dollar 28.5216 roubles 1 euro 35.4923 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 40.6348 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.5227 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.5975 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 40.9881 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.0374 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.7479 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.6483 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.9128 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 38.7353 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.3962 roubles 100 Japanese yen 25.6052 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.