The government has raised the forecast of growth of unemployment in Russia.

SyuzhetyRost unemployment in Moscow Rossii25.02.2009V registered 400 unemployed in denKolichestvo officially registered unemployed in Russia may be the end of the year was 2.8 million. This head MHSD country Tatiana Golikova, RIA News. Previously, officials have cited a figure of 2,2 million.
On February 25, the number of officially registered unemployed amounted to nearly two million people. In doing so, even at the end of January, unemployment was less than 1,7 million.
The number of unregistered unemployed in Russia more than the registered. Expected that by the end of the year, this figure reaches to 5.5 million.
In addition, Russia increased the number of "hidden unemployed", ie people who have incomplete schedules or who are forced to leave.
The reason for the growth of unemployment has become an economic crisis, which forced the company to reduce staff to reduce costs. To increase the number of officially registered unemployed could affect increase of unemployment benefits, which the Government announced in autumn 2008.