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ArmInfo. Today, there are numerous phishing methods, but they can be avoided simply by not providing your personal data to third parties. Aghan Avetisyan,  Director of the IDram Financial Observation Center, said this at the  joint online conference of IDBank and IDram on information security,  answering a question from an ArmInfo correspondent.

ArmInfo.Artificial intelligence is our present, not future, Sergey Arakelyan, Digital  Banking Director, IDBank told ArmInfo during an online conference on  information security held by the IDBank jointly with IDram. 

ArmInfo.The planned signing of a free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Iran is evidence of Moscow's desire to scale up the economic  relocation strategy launched immediately after the war in Ukraine was  unleashed, which, beyond doubt, offers new economic opportunities to  Armenia as well, which opportunities can and must be taken up, the  exert in energy security Vahe Davtyan said in an interview with  ArmInfo. 

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ArmInfo. Russia will provide Armenia with foodstuffs in full and at minimal prices. Oleg Nilov, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Agrarian Committee, announced  this during a press conference on April 21.

ArmInfo.The sell of the Armenian company GNC-Alfa CJSC, which represents the brand of the Russian telecommunications giant Rostelecom in the country, did not take  place, and the prospect of selling the company is uncertain. This is  reported by CivilNet, pointing out that the reason for the failure is  the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, or rather, Western sanctions against  Russian companies that did not allow the buyer to attract credit  resources and make payments to close the deal.

ArmInfo. Vagit Alekperov had resigned from his position as the President of Lukoil and from Lukoil's board of directors, the Company's press service reports

ArmInfo. Medea Janiashvili Acting Head of the Georgian National Tourism Administration, will pay a visit to Armenia, which will afford opportunities to reach  agreements on effective cooperation in tourism between Armenia and  Georgia, Chairman of the RA Tourism Committee Sisian Poghosyan and  Georgian Charge d'Affaires Irakly Kvanchakhadze stated at their  meeting in Yerevan. 

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ArmInfo.The Union of Manufacturers and Businessmen of Armenia and the China Foreign Trade Center have signed a cooperation agreement in the economic sector.

ArmInfo.Converse Bank has recapped the results of the special promotion run in collaboration with Mastercard.As a prize Converse Bank offered to its 20 most active Mastercard holders who would make purchases from 1^st September until 30^th November including, a three-day family holiday gift card to be used in Armenia (for 2 adults and 2 kids) and the rest of the participants of the special promotion were offered a cashback up to 30,000 AMD.

ArmInfo.The banking system of Armenia in Q1 2022 increased tax deductions to the state treasury by 4.5% per annum - up to 12.8 billion drams ($26.3 million), against a  decrease of 3.2% a year earlier in the same period. 77.2% or 10.6  billion drams of this amount was paid in direct taxes, with a y-o-y  increase of 8.2% (against a 12.5% decline a year earlier).

ArmInfo. The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) forecasts an increase of up to 85% and more in the share of settlements in national currencies in mutual trade between  the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) by the end of  2022. Official representative of the EEC, Iya Malkina, announced this  on April 20 at a briefing.

ArmInfo. Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin at a meeting with his counterpart from Armenia Nikol Pashinyan noted that in the context of  sanctions, it is important to actively use national currencies in  trade, expand industrial cooperation and open up new opportunities  for trade.

ArmInfo. In the first quarter of 2022, the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine, managed by the GeoProMining Group of Companies, increased tax entries to the state budget of Armenia, as compared to the same period of last year, by 3.6 times, up to 35.5 billion drams. This is evidenced by the list of 1000 largest taxpayers in Armenia, published by the State Revenue Committee of the Republic. Thus, ZCMC topped the list of taxpayers in the country.

ArmInfo.Russian Vice-Premier Alexey Overchuk hosted his Armenian counterpart Mher Grigoryan. 

ArmInfo. In the first quarter of 2022, the Armenian insurance sector's tax payment a total of AMD 667.7mln - a 35.3% year-on-year increase. Of this amount, direct  taxes totaled AMD 574.2mln (85.9%) - a 37% year-on-year increase.