FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM JULY 16

MOSCOW, July 15 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the ruble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for the purposes of accounting and customs duty payments from July 16, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.0227 rubles

1 British pound sterling 53.8681 rubles

1,000 Belarussian rubles 13.4529 rubles

10 Danish krone 48.3223 rubles

1 US dollar 29.0770 rubles

1 euro 35.9450 rubles

100 Icelandic krones 40.7526 rubles

100 Kazakh tenge 21.4869 rubles

1 Canadian dollar 21.9565 rubles

10 Norwegian krones 42.2134 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights 43.0092 rubles

1 Singapore dollar 17.0440 rubles

1,000,000 Turkish lira 20.2698 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias 54.4554 rubles

10 Swedish kronas 39.0752 rubles

1 Swiss franc 23.5995 rubles

100 Japanese yen 26.5835 rubles

The foreign currency exchange rates to the ruble of the Russian Federation entail no obligation on the part of the Bank of Russia to buy or sell the currencies according to the above rates.