FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM APRIL 1

MOSCOW, March 31, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for April 1, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.7046 roubles 1 British pound sterling 52.4416 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2452 roubles 10 Danish krone 46.9345 roubles 1 US dollar 28.5024 roubles 1 euro 34.9639 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 39.5372 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.5210 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.6963 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 41.4671 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.1981 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 17.0113 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.6419 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.9204 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 37.6543 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.4375 roubles 100 Japanese yen 27.3431 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.