MOSCOW, May 22 (Reuters) - A Russian court ruled on Wednesday to ban Austrian oil and gas group OMV from pursuing arbitration proceedings against Kremlin-controlled Gazprom outside Russia, the TASS news agency reported, citing the court.

The news agency also said that the court fined OMV 575.2 million euros ($624.26 million) in case the Austrian company goes ahead with the arbitration in courts outside Russia.

($1 = 0.9214 euros) (Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin, Editing by Louise Heavens)