Lukoil, in which US major ConocoPhillips owns 20%, said net income stood at $2.48 billion compared with $2.43 billion in the same period a year earlier.
Analysts polled by Reuters expected profit to stay flat.
"Our performance was influenced by the movements in the international crude and refined products prices, an increase in the operating expenses and in the transportation tariffs," the company said in a statement.
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