FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM FEBRUARY 4

MOSCOW, February 3, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for February 4, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.8346 roubles 1 British pound sterling 52.3498 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2196 roubles 10 Danish krone 48.0565 roubles 1 US dollar 28.6205 roubles 1 euro 35.8186 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 41.4550 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.4986 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.4354 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 41.2613 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.5137 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.8902 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.3040 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 53.0294 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 38.9644 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.8452 roubles 100 Japanese yen 27.1464 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.