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Unemployment rate in Russia above 6% — Putin

The unemployment rate continued growing in August, the president said

MOSCOW, September 23. /TASS/. The unemployment rate in Russia is above 6%, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.

"The unemployment rate continued growing in August also and is currently above 6% of the economically active population," the president said. At the same time, "figures in certain countries are totally different, critical ones," he noted.