FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM MARCH 13

MOSCOW, March 12, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for March 13, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 20.8396 roubles 1 British pound sterling 51.2266 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2308 roubles 10 Danish krone 46.9597 roubles 1 US dollar 28.5083 roubles 1 euro 35.0053 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 40.3686 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.5249 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.5743 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 40.8833 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 41.7763 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.6074 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.4914 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.8931 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 38.0045 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.3419 roubles 100 Japanese yen 25.6047 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.