FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM FEBRUARY 20

MOSCOW, February 19, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for February 20, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 22.5574 roubles 1 British pound sterling 53.8288 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2121 roubles 10 Danish krone 48.5367 roubles 1 US dollar 28.4959 roubles 1 euro 36.1812 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 41.7890 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.5209 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.5145 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 41.0900 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 43.0716 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.9236 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.4578 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.8220 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 39.3807 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.9436 roubles 100 Japanese yen 26.6691 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.