International gas sales helped Gazprom counteract a decline in demand from former Soviet states after seeing profits rise.
The world’s largest gas producer saw profits hit £15.5billion for the nine months to the end of September last year, compared to £15.0billion the year before.
Gas sales increased 13% for the nine-month period, with European demand significantly higher.
Sales across the Russian Federation also increased, although demand from the former Soviet Union countries was down year on year by more than 100million rubles.
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