MOSCOW, October 17 (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 October 18, 2005:

1 Australian dollar - 21.5109 rubles

1 British pound sterling - 50.4138 rubles

1,000 Belarusian rubles - 13.2547 rubles

10 Danish krones - 46.1995 rubles

1 US dollar - 28.5291 rubles

1 euro - 34.4746 rubles

100 Icelandic krones - 46.8689 rubles

100 Kazakh tenges - 21.2891 rubles

1 Canadian dollar - 24.1281 rubles

1 new Turkish lira - 20.9619 rubles

10 Norwegian krones - 44.1538 rubles

1 unit of conditional drawing rights - 41.1575 rubles

1 Singapore dollar - 16.8901 rubles

10 Ukrainian hryvnias - 55.7274 rubles

10 Swedish kronas - 36.4575 rubles

1 Swiss franc - 22.2224 rubles

100 Japanese yen - 24.9905 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.