MOSCOW- Russia's Gazprom on Wednesday said its natural gas exports outside the former Soviet Union for the period from Jan. 1 to June 15 had increased 26.7% year-on-year to 92.3 billion cubic metres.

Gazprom said its gas output for the period had risen to 241.4 bcm, up 17.2% year on year.

(Reporting by Oksana Kobzeva; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Jan Harvey) ((alexander.marrow@thomsonreuters.com;))