MOSCOW- Russian state gas producer Gazprom said on Monday its exports to countries outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) between Jan. 1 and June 15 increased by 5.6 percent year on year.

Exports rose to 93.6 billion cubic metres (bcm) while production increased 9.1 percent to 235.4 bcm.

(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova; writing by Maria Tsvetkova; editing by Jason Neely) ((maria.tsvetkova@thomsonreuters.com; +7 495 775 1242;))