"As of August 29, 2018, the number of unemployed citizens registered with the employment service bodies was 679.9 thousand people. As of this date, the level of registered unemployment on average in Russia was 0.9% of the economically active population, "the deputy prime minister said.
She also noted that the number of vacant posts submitted by employers to the employment service bodies as of August 29 was 1.7 million.
Earlier it became known that the number of unemployed in Russia from July 18 to 25 fell by 0.2% and amounted to 695.7 thousand people.
August 27, "Amber Region" reported that the Kaliningrad region recorded a historical minimum of the unemployed for the past 20 years.