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Ukraine has sent $1 billion under a scheme for refinancing a $2 billion credit raised by the country in 2010 from Russia's VTB Bank that was approved by the bank, Finance Minister Yuriy Kolobov has said.

"We’ve paid [$1 billion]. Our bonds grew by 0.5% at once. I think that everything will be good, we’ve paid in full," he told reporters in Kyiv on Thursday.