FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RATES AS FIXED BY THE CENTRAL BANK OF RUSSIA FROM MARCH 2

MOSCOW, March 1 (RIA Novosti) - The following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the ruble of the Russian Federation have been fixed for the purposes of accounting and customs duty payments from March 2, 2005:

1 Australian dollar 21.8348 rubles

1 British pound sterling 53.1738 rubles

1,000 Belarussian rubles 12.8201 rubles

10 Danish krone 49.1113 rubles

1 US dollar 27.7091 rubles

1 euro 36.5511 rubles

100 Icelandic krones 45.5817 rubles

100 Kazakh tenge 21.2833 rubles

1 Canadian dollar 22.4238 rubles

10 Norwegian krones 44.4683 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights 42.4501 rubles

1 Singapore dollar 17.0476 rubles

1 new Turkish lira 21.5467 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias 52.4218 rubles

10 Swedish kronas 40.3670 rubles

1 Swiss franc 23.7785 rubles

100 Japanese yen 26.5083 rubles

The foreign currency exchange rates to the ruble of the Russian Federation entail no obligation on the part of the Bank of Russia to buy or sell the currencies according to the above rates.