Report: Minister says unemployment level not threatening

MOSCOW, May 13 (PRIME) – Russia’s unemployment is not threatening, Labor Minister Anton Kotyakov told channel Rossiya 1 on Wednesday.

"We used to forecast growth in the number of the unemployed. The figure … has reached 1.4 million today. We foresaw this situation and I would not say that it is a threat at this stage," Kotyakov said.

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