FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM SEPTEMBER 17

MOSCOW, September 16 (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 September 17, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 20.3245 rubles

1 British pound sterling 51.9830 rubles

1,000 Belarussian rubles 13.4648 rubles

10 Danish krone 47.7344 rubles

1 US dollar 29.2187 rubles

1 euro 35.5153 rubles

100 Icelandic krones 40.5815 rubles

100 Kazakh tenge 21.6011 rubles

1 Canadian dollar 22.5123 rubles

10 Norwegian krones 42.2199 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.8253 rubles

1 Singapore dollar 17.2974 rubles

1,000,000 Turkish lira 19.4791 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias 54.4637 rubles

10 Swedish kronas 38.8898 rubles

1 Swiss franc 23.0105 rubles

100 Japanese yen 26.5600 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.