FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM MARCH 5

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

1 Australian dollar 21.5879 roubles 1 British pound sterling 52.4777 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2852 roubles 10 Danish krone 46.8841 roubles 1 US dollar 28.6654 roubles 1 euro 34.9517 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 40.0020 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.5195 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.3650 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 40.4678 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 41.9819 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.7663 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.5773 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 53.1549 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 37.8696 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.1269 roubles 100 Japanese yen 26.0004 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.