KIEV, April 29 – Ukraine hopes to receive about $3 billion in two tranches from the International Monetary Fund in H1, National Bank of Ukraine Governor Serhiy Arbuzov said.

"We hope to get a double tranche - about $3 billion- in the first half of the year. Such a period was determined after talks between a Ukrainian government delegation and IMF representatives to resolve a number of issues - pension reform, a rise in tariffs and a reduction in the balance on VAT refunds, grain quotas, etc," he told Ekonomicheskiye Izvestiya newspaper.