KIEV, March 5 – The National Bank of Ukraine has increased its restrictive measures to stabilize the hryvnia exchange rate, in particular, by banning the withdrawal of dividends from the country and restricting the purchase of foreign currency on the domestic market by banks and their clients.

Resolution No. 160 took effect on March 4, 2015 and will be in effect until June 3, 2015 inclusively.

"It is banned to buy and send foreign currency with the purpose of carrying out the following transactions… returning dividends to foreign investors abroad," reads the document.