Russia – Unemployment Varies Widely Nationwide

The unemployment rate across Russia differs greatly, by four times among the districts and up to 49 times among individual regions, the State Statistics Agency said in a report on June employment, Interfax reported Friday.

The lowest unemployment rate was registered in the Central Federal District at 3.2 percent in June. The highest was posted for the North Caucasus Federal District at 13.2 percent. The unemployment rate in the Northwest Federal District came to 4.1 percent in June. Among the other federal districts, Volga registered 5.4 percent, Urals 5.8 percent, Far East 6.7 percent, Southern 6.1 percent and Siberia 7.2 percent….

via Unemployment Varies Widely Nationwide | Business | The Moscow Times.

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http://www.gks.ru/bgd/regl/b12_06/IssWWW.exe/Stg/d01/02-01.htm