“Today, on the date we are talking about, the date of transition to the“ other stage ”, the number of registered unemployed in Russia increased from 725.8 thousand to 1.434 million, almost doubled, increased by 97.6%,” said it.
Golikova noted that since March 1, 1 million 654 thousand citizens have applied to the employment service authorities "either to seek work or to receive benefits."
On May 6, Minister of Labor and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov announced that the number of registered unemployed citizens in Russia reached 1 million 243 thousand.