FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM JANUARY 7

MOSCOW, January 6th, 2004. (RIA Novosti) -- The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for January 7, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 22.5040 roubles 1 British pound sterling 53.0036 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.4917 roubles 10 Danish krone 49.8661 roubles 1 US dollar 29.2450 roubles 1 euro 37.1587 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 41.8503 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.5159 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 22.8334 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 43.8837 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 43.6356 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 17.2050 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.4014 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 54.4063 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 40.8844 roubles 1 Swiss franc 23.7590 roubles 100 Japanese yen 27.5195 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.