Number of unemployed in Russia due to coronavirus may grow to 8 mln
18:50, 13 April 2020
MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Head of Russia’s Accounts Chamber Alexei Kudrin said that the number of unemployed in Russia due to coronavirus could temporarily increase from 2.5 mln to 8 mln people.
«According to the forecast for this crisis, which has now started in Russia, the number of unemployed for a certain period will increase from 2.5 to about 8 million, possibly by the end of the year,» he said in an interview with the RBC TV channel on Monday, TASS reports.