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Firms affected by Russia crisis to see loosening of EU state aid rules

By Tono Gil and Nicholas Hirst
  • 08 Mar 2022 15:10
  • 08 Mar 2022 15:10
Companies severely impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine can expect to benefit from loosened state aid rules in the EU under a new “Temporary Crisis Framework,” the European Commission said today in a policy document.

This framework would allow “liquidity support” for firms “directly or indirectly” affected by the crisis, includ

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Tono Gil

Regulatory Reporter


Tono is a competition reporter for MLex in Brussels. Prior to joining MLex, he worked as a trainee in the European Parliament and as a correspondent in Valencia and Buenos Aires for the Spanish news agency EFE. Tono holds a degree in Journalism from the University of Valencia and a master in Transmedia Journalism.

Nicholas Hirst

Chief Correspondent


Nicholas covers EU merger review and antitrust investigations for Mlex in Brussels. He previously wrote about EU affairs for Politico Europe, European Voice and PaRR. After earning an LLM in European law from the College of Europe in Bruges, he spent a year working in the competition practice of a leading competition law firm in Brussels 2009-10. He graduated in modern European languages from Oxford University in 2006.

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