FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM JANUARY 29

MOSCOW, January 28, 2004. (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for January 29, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 22.1613 roubles 1 British pound sterling 52.0449 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.1607 roubles 10 Danish krone 48.2143 roubles 1 US dollar 28.4850 roubles 1 euro 35.9253 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 41.2527 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.4268 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.7675 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 41.6265 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.2968 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.7994 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.4576 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.7832 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 39.2967 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.9237 roubles 100 Japanese yen 26.8828 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.