Medvedev: Russia manages to curb unemployment growth

MOSCOW, Jun 27 (PRIME) -- Russia has managed to curb unemployment growth, although there was a real threat of large-scale layoffs, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at the United Russia party meeting on Monday.

“We have worked and will continue working to support the labor market,” he said.

“We have managed to limit unemployment. Not to allow massive layoffs at enterprises, when there was a real threat. We will continue taking measures allowing people to find work regardless of their age, address, and to have professional retraining if necessary and get a new profession that is in demand on the market.”

The maternity capital program has been prolonged until 2018 and United Russia will look for possibilities to further prolong it if wins elections to the State Duma, he said.

United Russia has also proposed to restore pension growth at a previous year’s inflation level starting already from 2017, Medvedev said.

“We understand that life is becoming more expensive, prices for pharmaceutical products and food are growing, although we are trying to cap them. That’s why United Russia proposes to restore pension indexation at the level of inflation of the previous year starting already next year,” he said.

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