In Russia, more than a million unemployed were officially registered
The number of unemployed in Russia exceeded a million people, according to the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation (the Ministry of Labor) on the basis of the analysis of official information provided by employers to the employment service. From January 20 to January 27, 2016, the number of officially registered unemployed citizens increased by 3.4% and amounted to 1,001,111 people, the report said. Before that, 968,639 people were unemployed.