FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM FEBRUARY 27

MOSCOW, February 26, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for February 27, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 22.0647 roubles 1 British pound sterling 53.4211 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2295 roubles 10 Danish krone 47.8012 roubles 1 US dollar 28.5110 roubles 1 euro 35.6273 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 40.8877 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.4787 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.3119 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 40.3467 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.6302 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.8157 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.4691 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.8892 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 38.5466 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.6224 roubles 100 Japanese yen 26.1641 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.