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Russia makes monthly jobless data secret - report - Reuters
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 09:04

Russia makes monthly jobless data secret - report
Reuters
MOSCOW, April 22 (Reuters) - Russia's statistics office will make monthly jobless reports secret, a newspaper reported on Wednesday days after data showed unemployment was soaring fast and experts said it was the biggest threat to social stability. ...


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