Bank of Russia foreign currency exchange rates for Jan. 18

MOSCOW, January 17 (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 January 18, 2006:

1 Australian dollar - 20.8373 rubles

1,000 Belarusian rubles - 12.3963 rubles

10 Danish krones - 46.0687 rubles

1 US dollar - 26.5646 rubles

1 euro - 34.3374 rubles

100 Icelandic krones - 37.8251 rubles

100 Kazakh tenges - 21.2511 rubles

1 Canadian dollar - 22.5870 rubles

10 Chinese yuan - 34.1447 rubles

1 new Turkish lira - 18.5119 rubles

10 Norwegian krones - 41.2827 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights - 39.6995 rubles

1 Singapore dollar - 17.2576 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias - 52.5376 rubles

1 British pound sterling - 52.1596 rubles

10 Swedish kronas - 37.9489 rubles

1 Swiss franc - 21.2772 rubles

100 Japanese yen - 22.0033 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.