KIEV, Nov. 18 – The State Treasury has received $1.3 billion as part of the conversion of Special Drawing Rights allocated by the International Monetary Fund to the country, Regions Party MP Mykhailo Papiyev said.

He said in Parliament on Wednesday that by Nov. 6, the Ukrainian government had already received $470 million under this scheme.

"There is currently UAH 10 billion on treasury accounts," Papiyev said, adding that this amount is sufficient to implement the law on a rise in social standards.