YEREVAN, September 17. /ARKA/. The central banks of Armenia and Russia signed an agreement on countering cyberattacks at the 17th meeting of the Monetary Policy Council of National Banks of the Eurasian Economic Union, hosted by Armenia’s Central Bank.

According to the Central Bank of Armenia, this agreement provides the parties with ample opportunities for sharing experience and information on combating cybercrimes and countering such crimes.
Within the framework of the event, another agreement was signed to harmonize the legislations of the EEA member states in the financial markets.

The meeting discussed also the agenda of the EEU l financial market, the powers and problems of the national financial regulatory bodies, the current economic situation in the EEU member-countries, as well as monetary policy issues.

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Stepan Martirosyan, a Hollywood producer, involved in the production of a series of blockbusters, will be extradited to Armenia by Russia

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VTB Bank (Armenia) CEO Yury Gusev, who has worked in VTB Bank (Armenia) for nine years, of which six years as head of the bank

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Armenia and Russia boasted the lowest inflation rates (consumer price index) in 2017 across the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) that includes also Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, the Eurasian Economic Commission

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Russia and Armenia have completed a pilot project on the integration of their national payment systems, Russian Lenta.ru reported citing the National Payment Card System of Russia

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Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia voted for Russia during a voting of shareholders of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Russian RBC reported

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VTB Bank (Armenia) said today that holders of its MasterCard and Maestro cards may use a simple, convenient and safe way to remit money from the Russian Federation to 16 countries of the world, including Armenia via Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki social networks

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Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn’t rule out that Russia and Armenia will start making calculations in their national currencies, Novosti-Armenia reports

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Russian plastic cards The World is expected to start servicing Armenia’s ArCa this year and ArCa will service The World, Olga Skorobogatova, deputy governor at the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, said in an interview with RNS

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One money transfer from Russia to Armenia amounted to $217, on average, in the third quarter of this year against $227 in the same period a year before, the Central Bank of Russia reports

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