Putin commented on the situation on the labor market in Russia

“By the end of this year, it is necessary to restore the labor market to the level of 2019.

We are constantly discussing this with the government.

The solution to this problem depends, first of all, on the growth of business activity, on the increase in capital investments, on investments, ”the president said.

Earlier, the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations Vladimir Efimov said that the labor market in the capital had recovered after the lockdown, which was introduced due to the coronavirus infection COVID-19.

On March 10, Minister of Labor and Social Protection Anton Kotyakov announced that the number of officially registered unemployed in Russia is 2.1 million.