MOSCOW- Alexei Miller, the head of Russian gas giant Gazprom GAZP.M , said on Wednesday that the natural gas exports outside ex-Soviet Union was over 16.3 billion cubic meters (bcm) in August.

Gazprom expects its gas exports, mainly to the European Union and Turkey, to decline to 170 bcm this year amid sluggish demand, dented by the spread of the coronavirus.

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