The crisis has increased the flow of guest workers in Moscow.

SyuzhetyRost unemployment in Moscow Rossii25.02.2009V registered 400 denS unemployed in early 2009 in Moscow came to 190 thousand officially registered foreigners. This 17 per cent more than during the same period in 2008, transmits "Interfax" referring to the figures of Department of Labor and Employment, Government of the capital.
According to the head of the department Oleg Neterebskogo, foreigners traveling to Moscow to work as well as local labor market for them is not attractive. However, some employers prefer to hire foreign workers because they can pay less. In Moscow it is not possible to require a certain level of wages only in the capital, said Neterebsky.
According to the official daily work in Moscow, losing two to three thousand people, said RIA Novosti. Back in late February, he said, that two thousand people lose their jobs in a week rather than daily.
The number of officially registered unemployed in Russia was 1,8 million. In doing so, the total number of unemployed is much higher. It was expected that by the end of the year there were 5.5 million people, and the number of officially registered unemployed - 2.2 million people. Due to the increase in unemployment authorities have had to increase the benefits laid-off from the budget and allocate additional funds to help the Russians in employment.