“Today, according to our data, the statistics has reached 950 thousand people, that is, the last month or two, of course, we have seen growth dynamics, but this is such a restrained growth rate, for which we, in principle, in our forecasts and calculated, ”he said.

In early April, Rostrud announced that they assess the situation on the Russian labor market as stable, but do not exclude its deterioration and are preparing for such a scenario.

As noted by Kotyakov, about 65 billion rubles will be allocated for the payment of unemployment benefits and sick leave.