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Other financial assets and liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Other financial assets and liabilities |
Schedule of other financial assets and liabilities |
|  | Current |  | Non-Current
|  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Other financial assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restricted cash |  | — |  | — |  | 38 |  | 151
Derivative financial instruments (note 19) |  | 134 |  | 288 |  | 66 |  | 184
Investments in equity securities |  | — |  | — |  | 757 |  | 726
Related parties-Loans (note 29) |  | 195 |  | 319 |  | 923 |  | 1,600
|  | 329 |  | 607 |  | 1,784 |  | 2,661
Other financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Derivative financial instruments (note 19) |  | 328 |  | 94 |  | 689 |  | 307
Related parties-Loans (note 29) |  | 725 |  | 980 |  | 943 |  | 956
Financial guarantees provided (note 30) |  | — |  | — |  | 877 |  | 525
Liabilities related to the concession grant (note 16b) |  | 209 |  | — |  | 2,103 |  | —
Advance received |  | 644 |  | 330 |  | — |  | —
|  | 1,906 |  | 1,404 |  | 4,612 |  | 1,788

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