FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM JANUARY 13

MOSCOW, January 12, 2004. (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for January 13, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 22.5021 roubles 1 British pound sterling 53.4000 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.3428 roubles 10 Danish krone 49.8672 roubles 1 US dollar 28.8711 roubles 1 euro 37.1600 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 41.6971 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.2496 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 22.7135 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 42.9591 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 43.2411 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 17.0633 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.3781 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 53.6378 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 40.7301 roubles 1 Swiss franc 23.6959 roubles 100 Japanese yen 27.1217 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.