Provisions for legal claims, income tax and other taxes and other provisions     1,140                2,541 
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Gain on sale of discontinued operations.......................................   -                    (45,580) 
Other..............................................................              110                  243 
Changes in working capital items 
Trade and other receivables.............................................         (8,413)              (2,061) 
Inventories........................................................              (9,772)              (3,503) 
Trade and other payables...............................................          1,773                1,745 
Advances received...................................................             61                   760 
Taxes payable and other liabilities.........................................     2,897                7,433 
Other assets........................................................             (2,108)              (210) 
 
Income tax paid.......................................................           (3,114)              (285) 
Net cash provided by operating activities....................................    28,596               24,232 
Cash flows from investing activities 
Interest received......................................................                            110        21 
Proceeds from loans issued and other investments................................                   2          39 
Proceeds from disposal of the discontinued operations, net of cash disposed of.............        -          88,979 
Proceeds from disposals of property, plant and equipment...........................                114        6 
Purchases of property, plant and equipment....................................                     (2,888)    (3,119) 
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities..............................                  (2,662)    85,926 
 
Cash flows from financing activities 
Proceeds from loans and borrowings, including proceeds from factoring arrangement of RUB 900 
million and RUB 17 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively           20,986     12,929 
 
Repayment of loans and borrowings, including payments from factoring arrangement of RUB 1 
million and RUB 180 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively          (29,361)   (108,247) 
 
Sale of non-controlling interest in subsidiaries...................................                144        - 
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests.....................................                   -          (3) 
Interest paid, including fines and penalties.....................................                  (9,539)    (14,473) 
Payment of principal portion of lease liabilities..................................                (1,792)    (818) 
Sale and leaseback transactions............................................                        72         548 
Acquisition of assets under deferred payment terms...............................                  (95)       (327) 
Net cash used in financing activities........................................                      (19,585)   (110,391) 
 
Foreign exchange gain (loss) on cash and cash equivalents, net........................             (280)      (575) 
Changes in allowance for expected credit losses on cash and cash equivalents..............         (7)        (30) 
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents.............................                  6,062      (838) 
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period.................................                  1,706      3,509 
Cash and cash equivalents, net of overdrafts at beginning of period..................              (938)      2,867 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period.....................................                    5,124      4,272 
Cash and cash equivalents, net of overdrafts at end of period......................                5,124      2,029 

There were certain reclassifications to conform with the current period presentation. These interim condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared by Mechel PAO in accordance with IFRS and have not been audited by the independent auditor. If these interim condensed consolidated financial statements are audited in the future, the audit could reveal differences in our consolidated financial results and we cannot assure that any such differences would not be material.

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[*] EBITDA - Adjusted EBITDA. Please find the calculation of the Adjusted EBITDA and other non-IFRS measures used here and hereafter in Attachment A.

[**] Calculations of Net debt could be differed from indicators calculated in accordance with loan agreements upon dependence on definitions in such agreements.

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