The Ministry of Labor allowed an increase in the number of unemployed due to coronavirus by 6 times-up to 6 million people
The number of unemployed in Russia reached 950 thousand people, while it can increase by 6 times, said Anton Kotyakov, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection on Russia 24. “To date, according to our data, the statistics have reached the indicator of 950,000 people, that is, the last month or two, of course, we see the dynamics to growth, but this is enough of such a restrained growth rate that we, in principle, were counting on our forecasts,” Kotyakov said.