The Government has announced a reduction in growth of unemployment.

SyuzhetyRost Rossii20.03.2009Za week of unemployment in the number of unemployed in Russia grew by 55 thousand chelovekPik growth of unemployment in Russia passed. The statement was made first vice-premier Alexander Zhukov, RIA News. The exact statistics for the citizens to employment centers does not lead officer.
Previously, it was reported that in Russia officially registered nearly 2.2 million unemployed, and the overall unemployment rate reaches 6.4 million. From 1 October 2008 the number of officially registered unemployed persons increased by 1.7 million people.
MHSD reports of an increase in unemployment of approximately once a week. On March 18, the number of registered unemployed persons stood at 2133 million people, but on March 13 - 2078 million.
The reason for the increase in the number of registered unemployed are not just firing at Russian enterprises, but also increase unemployment benefits.
According to Zhukov, the greatest increase in unemployment recorded in the regions where extended manufacturing. It is this sector of the economy has become one of the main victims of the crisis: according to previously published statistics Rosstat, namely in the field of manufacturing the number of unprofitable enterprises is much higher than the number of profitable.
According to official government forecasts of unemployment in Russia by the end of the year was 2.2 million. In early March, the head of MHSD Tatiana Golikova stated that this figure could grow to 2.8 million.