FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM FEBRUARY 21

MOSCOW, February 20, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for February 21, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 22.4414 roubles 1 British pound sterling 53.8098 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2251 roubles 10 Danish krone 48.4812 roubles 1 US dollar 28.4934 roubles 1 euro 36.1439 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 41.7792 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.4878 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.3690 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 40.9094 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.7489 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.9090 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.3995 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.8282 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 39.3240 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.9010 roubles 100 Japanese yen 26.4636 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.