Foreign currency exchange rates as fixed by the Central Bank of Russia for March 25-27

MOSCOW, March 24 (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 March 25 through March 27, 2006:

1 Australian dollar - 19.7964 rubles

1 British pound sterling - 48.2951 rubles

1,000 Belarusian rubles - 12.9498 rubles

10 Danish krones - 44.6782 rubles

1 US dollar - 27.8470 rubles

1 euro - 33.3356 rubles

100 Icelandic krones - 38.7787 rubles

100 Kazakh tenges - 21.8032 rubles

1 Canadian dollar - 23.8805 rubles

1 new Turkish lira - 20.6427 rubles

10 Norwegian krones - 41.7985 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights - 40.1164 rubles

1 Singapore dollar - 17.1768 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias - 54.5741 rubles

10 Swedish kronas - 35.6620 rubles

1 Swiss franc - 21.1619 rubles

100 Japanese yen - 23.6052 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.