The total number of unemployed in Russia grew to 6.1 million in January, up 5.2% on the previous month, while only 1.7 million people were officially registered as jobless, the state statistics body said on Thursday.
"State employment agencies have registered 1.7 million people, 1.4 million of them are receiving unemployment benefits," Rosstat said.
However, 6.1 million people, or 8.1% of Russia's workforce, were jobless as of late January, according to figures calculated by International Labor Organization (ILO) standards, Rosstat said.
Source: RIA "Novosti".
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