11:22, 20 April 2009 | GMT +5
Russia to create 1 million jobs over year amid crisis - Medvedev
MOSCOW. April 19. KAZINFORM The Russian authorities plan to create over 1 million temporary jobs in the next twelve months amid the ongoing economic crisis, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Sunday, Kazinform refers to RIA Novosti.

Medvedev spoke in an interview with Russian NTV channel.
"The general task is to organize quite a large number of temporary jobs in the next twelve months. A total of 1,070,000 jobs should be created," Medvedev said, adding that another 250,000 Russians should be given an opportunity to undergo retraining.
The Economic Development Ministry earlier said that the number of people officially registered as unemployed in Russia had reached 2.344 million as of April 14.
The ministry said the number of unemployed in Russia could reach up to 2.8 million this year, Kazinform cites RIA Novosti. See www.en.rian.ru for full version.