KIEV, Aug, 8 – The restrictions placed by the National Bank of Ukraine on the interest rates on credits residents can take on the foreign markets, are very strict and impede the entry to the foreign loan markets of small and medium companies, according to experts polled by Interfax-Ukraine.

"Strictly speaking, the foreign loan market is closed to small and medium private companies if they are not able to find other schemes for entering [these markets]," an experts from Alfa-Bank told Interfax-Ukraine.