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ArmInfo.  Armenia is a member of the  EAEU, as well as a strategic partner of Russia, therefore, we should  have the lowest possible gas price. Head of the Bright Armenia  faction Edmon Marukyan announced on April 22 in an interview with  reporters.

ArmInfo.  In the period  from January 1 to March 31, 1.6 thousand farmers applied for  agricultural loans (the total loan amount of which amounted to about  6.8 billion drams), however, from April 1 to April 20 alone this  figure doubled. Deputy Minister of Economy of Armenia Arman Khojoyan  announced this on April 22 during a press conference in the Unified  Information Center.  "Today, Armenian banks are very busy, this  indicates a high interest and demand of farmers for agricultural  loans, as part of the state anti-crisis measures program," he said.

ArmInfo. Alexey Kuznetsov,  Head of the Economic Analysis Department of the Eurasian Development  Bank (EDB) forecasts a significant decrease in the growth rates of  the economies of Armenia and Tajikistan relative to the indicators  that were previously expected.  

ArmInfo. Under COVID-19  pandemic conditions, Russia decided to leave the gas price for  Armenia at the same level, which could adversely affect the country's  economy. On April 22, MP Arman Babajanyan stated this from the  rostrum of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. 

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ArmInfo. The management of the National Postal Operator of Armenia Haypost CJSC (Armpost), passed to the state represented by the Ministry of High Technology Industry of the Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. Small and medium enterprises in Armenia will receive tax breaks. The RA National Assembly at an extraordinary meeting on April 22 in the first reading  discusses amendments to the country's Tax Code.

ArmInfo.Lavrov's statement on the price of gas supplied to Armenia with an emphasis on the problems of the functioning of Russian companies in Armenia was more than  expected. Doctor of Political Sciences, President of the Institute  for Energy Security Vahe Davtyan expressed a similar opinion to  ArmInfo.

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ArmInfo.The EAEU countries can only joinlty with the least loss overcome the crisis caused by the pandemic of the new type of coronavirus. Russian Foreign Minister  Sergei Lavrov announced on April 21 during an online round table  organized by the Gorchakov Foundation.

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ArmInfo.When the price of gas, which now applies for Armenia, Belarus, was two, three times lower than the market price, it was taken for granted, and no one  said that it was politics.  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov  announced on April 21 during an online round table organized by the  Gorchakov Foundation, referring to gas prices for the EAEU countries,  especially given its current market price.  

ArmInfo. In the coming months, the "Build Armenia" project will be launched in Armenia, which aims to create smart green communities in the country. This is stated on the official website of the project: http://ourpossiblefuture.com/. 

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ArmInfo. Tariffs for gas transportation in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) were not agreed by the Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), the meeting  of which was held yesterday.

ArmInfo. Fitch Ratings has revised Yerevan City's Outlook to Negative from Stable, while affirming the city's Long-Term Foreign- and Local-Currency Issuer  Default Ratings (IDRs) at 'BB-'. As the Fitch report published on its  website on April 17 informs, the revision of Outlook follows a recent  similar action on the sovereign ratings of Armenia (to Negative;  Affirms at 'BB-' dated 3 April 2020), due to expected negative impact  of the coronavirus pandemic on the national economy.