FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM APRIL 8

MOSCOW, April 7, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for April 8, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.6540 roubles 1 British pound sterling 52.4003 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2302 roubles 10 Danish krone 46.1876 roubles 1 US dollar 28.5296 roubles 1 euro 34.4038 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 39.3403 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.6340 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.7634 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 41.0569 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 41.9531 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.9738 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.5318 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 53.0152 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 37.3816 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.0102 roubles 100 Japanese yen 26.9503 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.