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Laid-off workers to get assistance, PM asserts
RBC, 25.03.2009, Moscow 17:49:47.By mid-March, some 550,000-560,000 people were made redundant in Russia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin stated at a meeting with the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Russia and primary trade union organizations. The official number of people out of work reached 2 million, or 2.6 percent of the total economically active population. According to Putin, 1.14 million people more are working half-time or on forced leave. Putin added that around 1 million jobs were to be created under regional employment programs. Another 220,000 jobless people can be re-trained and get assistance in starting up their businesses.
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