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22.01.2009, 21:18

Russia's unemployment figures climb

More Russian companies are laying off staff in the face of a withering economic slowdown, with the ranks of the unemployed swelling significantly between last October and December.

11.12.2008, 14:53

Migrant workers face jobs axe

Russia may halve the labour quotas for CIS migrant workers next year as pressure mounts to protect jobs for Russian citizens.

11.12.2008, 17:39

Thousands to lose their jobs in 2009

Up to 250,000 jobs could be lost in Russia in 2009 according to Mikhail Shmakov, the head of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia.

15.02.2009, 18:40

‘Russia’s financial system under control’

Rising prices, a lack of jobs, a plunging national currency… Russians are feeling the pinch of the global economic downturn.

06.06.2009, 09:14 1 comment

Wheat from chaff – first World Grain Forum opens in St. Petersburg

The financial crisis will loom large at the first World Grain Forum opening in St. Petersburg, Saturday. Participants from 40 countries are gathering to discuss how to ensure food security amid the crisis.

01.07.2009, 17:29 1 comment

“Gambling industry still has future… unfortunately” – analyst

Despite the crisis that made transfer of the gambling industry to four far-flung areas problematic, “gambling won’t disappear so easily,” Boris Kagarlitsky of the Institute for Globalization Studies in Moscow told RT.

27.08.2009, 15:47 1 comment

“Russia unlikely to give Belarus $500 million”

Chances of Russian loaning $500 million to Belarus are low, as the countries appear to be moving in different directions, says Kirill Koktysh from the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Affairs.

14.04.2009, 18:13

Unemployment rate reaches two million

The official number of unemployed in Russia has surpassed two million, and most major Russian industries have been unable to escape the global economic downturn.

22.05.2009, 09:52

Entire town trapped in crisis

Jobless residents of a city in Russia's northwest, all three plants of which were shut down due to the crisis crunch, have been protesting, demanding an immediate solution to the situation.

AFP Photo / Kazbek Basayev 01.07.2009, 02:43 3 comments

“Reforming army – ‘mission impossible’ during recession”

Russia is trying to upgrade its army to face modern challenges, but due to the ongoing crisis, it’s likely to be a ‘mission impossible’, says Ruslan Pukhov, Director of the Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technolog

Number of jobless surges

Published: 18 February, 2009, 20:02


Painting by Dave Calver

Since September 2008, the number of unemployed in Russia has jumped by 1,100,000 according to Tatyana Golikova, the Minister of Public Health and Social Development.

 
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