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The Central Bank of Russia fixed, effective October 13, 2001, the following rates of exchange of foreign currencies to the Russian ruble: 1 Australian dollar 14.78 rubles 10 Austrian schillings 19.34 rubles 1 British pound sterling 42.67 rubles 1,000 Belarussian rubles 19.81 rubles 100 Belgian francs 65.97 rubles 1,000 Greek drachmas 78.15 rubles 10 Danish kroner 35.79 rubles 1 US dollar 29.50 rubles 1 Euro 26.61 rubles 1 Irish pound 33.79 rubles 100 Icelandic kronur 29.22 rubles 100 Spanish pesetas 15.99 rubles 1,000 Italian lires 13.74 rubles 100 Kazakh tenge 19.93 rubles 1 Canadian dollar 18.86 rubles 1 German mark 13.61 rubles 1 Dutch guilder 12.08 rubles 10 Norwegian kron! ! er 33.51 rubles 100 Portuguese escudos 13.27 rubles 1 SDR 37.74 rubles 1 Singapore dollar 16.22 rubles 1,000,000 Turkish liras 19.06 rubles 10 Ukrainian hryvnias 55.10 rubles 10 Finnish markkaa 44.76 rubles 10 French francs 40.57 rubles 10 Swedish kronor 28.09 rubles 1 Swiss franc 17.93 rubles 100 Japanese yens 24.32 rubles The foreign currency exchange rates to the Russian rouble 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 aforementioned currencies according to the above rates.