Foreign currency exchange rates as fixed by the Central Bank of Russia for March 1

Date: 2006-02-28

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MOSCOW, February 28 (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 1, 2006:

1 Australian dollar - 20.7506 rubles

1 British pound sterling - 48.8970 rubles

1,000 Belarusian rubles - 13.0665 rubles

10 Danish krones - 44.6537 rubles

1 US dollar - 28.1211 rubles

1 euro - 33.3291 rubles

100 Icelandic krones - 42.4149 rubles

100 Kazakh tenges - 21.5807 rubles

1 Canadian dollar - 24.6525 rubles

1 new Turkish lira - 21.3832 rubles

10 Norwegian krones - 41.4203 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights - 40.3124 rubles

1 Singapore dollar - 17.3053 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias - 55.0315 rubles

10 Swedish kronas - 35.2518 rubles

1 Swiss franc - 21.2604 rubles

100 Japanese yen - 24.1840 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.

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