FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM APRIL 6

MOSCOW, April 5, 2004 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the rouble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for April 6, 2004:

1 Australian dollar 21.6208 roubles 1 British pound sterling 52.1256 roubles 1,000 Belarussian roubles 13.2411 roubles 10 Danish krone 46.3092 roubles 1 US dollar 28.5385 roubles 1 euro 34.5002 roubles 100 Icelandic krones 39.3961 roubles 100 Kazakh tenge 20.6266 roubles 1 Canadian dollar 21.6562 roubles 10 Norwegian krones 41.1954 roubles 1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.3720 roubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.9862 roubles 1,000,000 Turkish lira 21.6858 roubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.9796 roubles 10 Swedish kronas 37.4477 roubles 1 Swiss franc 22.0170 roubles 100 Japanese yen 27.2054 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.