"The unemployment rate of the population aged 15 and over in October 2021 was 4.3%," RIA Novosti was quoted as saying by the federal service.

It is noted that this historical minimum was first recorded in August 2019, when the number of unemployed was 3.258 million.

Earlier, the secretariat of the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Tatyana Golikova said that the level of employment in the country exceeded the pre-pandemic figure.