Russian natural gas exportsslide 11.5% in February

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Moscow—Russian natural gas exportsdropped 11.5% year on year to 20.51 billioncubic meters in February, according to prelimi-nary data released by Russia’s energy min-istry March 2, confirming that supplies fromRussia to the international market were cut.The ministry did not provide details onthe export flows to separate countries orregions, but the data suggests Gazprom diddivert gas volumes away from the export mar-ket to domestic customers during the coldsnap across Europe last month.