Number of jobless surges
Published: 18 February, 2009, 20:02
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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Published: 18 February, 2009, 20:02
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.