“Today, 1 million 243 thousand unemployed citizens are registered in Russia. Including over the past two months, starting in March, we have registered 735 thousand of our citizens, ”he said at a meeting on the implementation of previously taken measures to support the economy and social sphere.

Earlier, the Russian Minister of Finance, Anton Siluanov, estimated the total amount of economic support in 2020 in the context of a coronavirus infection pandemic in more than 6.5% of GDP.