MOSCOW, April 19 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian
authorities plan to create over 1 million temporary jobs in the
next twelve months amid the ongoing economic crisis, Russian
President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday.
Medvedev spoke in an interview with Russian NTV channel.
"The general task is to organize quite a large number of
temporary jobs in the next twelve months. A total of 1,070,000
jobs should be created," Medvedev said, adding that another
250,000 Russians should be given an opportunity to undergo
retraining.
Russia has been hard hit by the global financial crisis,
with unemployment rising and the ruble losing about 40% of its
value against the dollar amid a drastic decline in oil prices,
Russia's most important export.
The Economic Development Ministry earlier said that the
number of people officially registered as unemployed in Russia
had reached 2.344 million as of April 14.
The ministry said the number of unemployed in Russia could
reach up to 2.8 million this year.
Since October 2008, more than 32,000 companies in Russian
regions have announced layoffs amid the economic crisis.
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