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The total amount of unemployed persons in Russia, which is calculated on the basis of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) methodology, decreased by four percent in September 2009, as compared to this August, and stood at 5.764 million people, the Prime Tass economic news agency said on Tuesday, quoting a regular report of the Federal State Statistics Service.

According to the report, the indicators amounted to 7.6 percent of the country's able-bodied population, Prime Tass said.

In September 2009, the total number of officially registered jobless persons in Russia went down by 3.5 percent as compared to August and reached 2.035 million peoples, the economic news agency said, adding that 1.7 million people of that number received unemployment allowances.

The total number of the dismissed has reached 731,002 since the beginning of October 2008, the economic news agency quoted Monday's report of the Russian Ministry of Health and Social Development, adding, "more than 200,000 of that number are employed."

More than 1,647,200 employees are temporarily out of work, work part-time or have to go on forced vacations, Prime Tass said.

According to the ministry, "the total number of officially registered unemployed persons in Russia continues to decline from week to week," the economic news agency said.

"Proceeding from the ministry's recent information, the indicator stood at 2,018,900 as of October 14," Prime Tass said, adding that the ministry's official recalled that "the total number of officially registered jobless people in Russia decreased by 1.2 percent in the period from September 30 to October 6 and stood at 2,035,500 as of October 7."

"In the week from October 7 through October 13, the decline in the officially registered unemployment rate was reported from 71 Russian regions, including the Jewish Autonomous Area, the Karachai-Cherkessian Republic and the Bryansk Region," Prime Tass said.

"In the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, the unemployment rate remained unchanged as compared to the previous week," the economic news agency said.

Besides, ten Russian regions reported a certain growth in the officially registered unemployment rate in the period under review, Prime Tass said, adding that the Chukchi Autonomous Area and the Kamchatka Territory were among such regions.

The total number of Russia's unemployed persons increased by 21.5 percent, as compared to September 2008, while the total number of officially registered jobless people grew by 63.2 percent, Prime Tass said.

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