Russia`s official unemployment swells to 2.26 million
The official number of the unemployed people in Russia currently stands at 2.26 million, the country`s Health and Social Development Ministry said on Tuesday.

The official number of the unemployed people in Russia currently stands at 2.26 million, the country`s Health and Social Development Ministry said on Tuesday.
In the week of April 9-15, the highest increases in unemployment were registered in the Kaliningrad Region, Russia`s exclave on the Baltic Sea, the central Russian Yaroslavl Region, the northwestern Novgorod Region, and Moscow, the ministry said in a statement.
Official figures record that a total of 329,016 people have been made redundant at 34,283 companies across Russia since October 2008. Of them, 103,725 have found new jobs.