Jobless rise in Russia could halt by mid-2009 - Kremlin aide

MOSCOW, April 7 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's unemployment could slow or stop by late June, a Kremlin economic advisor said on Tuesday.

"We will see unemployment slow or stop by the end of the second quarter," Arkady Dvorkovich said.

According to the Health and Social Development Ministry, some 281,000 Russians have lost their jobs since the global economic crisis started in October 2008.