Statistics: Russia’s wage arrears fall 1.9% to 2.56 bln rbl Sep

MOSCOW, Oct 15 (PRIME) – Russia’s wage arrears fell 1.9% on the month to 2.555 billion rubles as of October 1, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a statement on Tuesday.

Of the total debt, 48% accounted for employees of the processing industry, 18% for employees in the construction sector, 9% in agriculture, 7% in transport and 7% in mining.

(64.3652 rubles – U.S. $1)

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