Transactions and balances with related parties - balances (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items]
Threshold percentage for disclosure of related party transactions, individual ownership of any class of securities	10.00%
MTN
Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items]
Expenses		$ 251	$ 535
Prepayments by related party for employee purchases		$ 1,097	$ 996

The amount of related-party commitments made by the entity to do something if a particular event occurs or does not occur in the future, including executory contracts (recognised and unrecognised). [Refer: Related parties [member]]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The amount of goods purchased by the entity in related party transactions. [Refer: Related parties [member]]

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Threshold percentage for disclosure of related party transactions, individual ownership of any class of securities. Transactions with percentages of holdings greater than the threshold percentages are disclosed among the related party transactions.

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