KYIV, Nov 18 – The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) may lift restrictions on purchase of foreign currency for companies in 2021, Director of the Open Markets Department Oleksiy Lupin said.

"The next big step is the removal of restrictions on purchase of foreign currency without obligations ... If it were not for the virus, then I believe this restriction would have been lifted this year already. The pandemic has affected many issues very seriously, so perhaps we will do it next year," he said during the 19th annual Ukrainian CFO Forum.