FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM JANUARY 9

MOSCOW, January 8 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for January 6, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 22.3786 roubles 1 British pound sterling 52.9237 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.4442 roubles 10 Danish krone 49.2878 roubles 1 US dollar 29.1350 roubles 1 euro 36.7305 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 41.4379 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.4908 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 22.5521 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 42.5645 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 43.4904 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 17.1706 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.2975 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 54.1774 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 40.4422 roubles 1 Swiss franc 23.4072 roubles 100 Japanese yen 27.4393 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.