Russia concerned by unemployment rates in Crimea
The Russian Ministry of Labor and Social Protection released information on November 27 listing the annexed Crimea among regions with an increase in the number of unemployed citizens.
At the same time, the Russian Ministry did not release exact data on the Crimea. It did note that the education, industry, construction, agriculture, and healthcare industries have the greatest staffing demand.
The Kremlin-controlled Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Crimea did not directly report on the growth of unemployment, but stated that the staffing needs of companies on the peninsula for 2018-2024 is expected to be 14,000 people.
"Included in that number are [both] replacements of retiring employees (9,200 people) [and] newly created jobs (4,800 people). High demand for qualified personnel is available in organizations that implement investment projects," the report said.
Sergei Brodovsky, director of the Russian Employment Center in Crimea, reported in October that the unemployment rate in the Russian-annexed Crimea is 0.4 percent, and that employers pay an average of 26,500 rubles (about 12,250 hryvnia or 450 US dollars) to employees.
According to Brodovsky, 33,000 people applied to employment centers on the annexed peninsula in 2017, and "almost 70 percent of them have already found jobs."
The Ministry of Economic Development of the Crimea reported that the unemployment rate on the peninsula has reduced ninefold over three years. According to the agency, only 6,000 out of the 55,000 unemployed individuals officially registered in 2013 were still unemployed at the end of 2016.