Statistics: Russia’s wage arrears rise 7.6% in Jan to 2.7 bln rbl

MOSCOW, Feb 16 (PRIME) -- Russian wage arrears increased 7.6% in January to 2.676 billion rubles as of February 1, the Federal State Statistics Service said in a statement on Friday.

The debt due to a late receipt of funds from the federal, regional and local budgets amounted to 28 million rubles of the total sum.

Debts to employees of processing companies accounted for 47% of total wage arrears, while construction companies accounted for 21%, agricultural companies for 11%, transport companies for 8%, and the mining industry for 4%.

(56.5918 rubles – U.S. $1)

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