KIEV, September 16. /TASS/. Press service of the Ukrainian Finance Ministry of confirmed receiving a loan tranche of $1 bln from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday.

"The third tranche of $1 bln from the IMF was transferred today to the Treasury account. The tranche was provided under the Extended Fund Facility Program of the IMF totaling $17.5 bln," the statement said.

On Wednesday, September 14, the IMF Board of Directors after a long pause of more than a year, resumed its lending program to Ukraine.

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Monday that Russia will vote against granting Ukraine a tranche of the International Monetary Fund.