The unemployment rate in the Russian Federation is estimated at 3.2 percent and this is a good indicator. This was said by Russian President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with members of the Russian government.
“The lowest – and this is very good – the lowest unemployment rate. 73.4 million people work for us, 2.4 million people are the unemployed, [which is] 3.2%. The historical minimum,” said Putin.
At the same time, the President of the Russian Federation noted the importance of the state of labor market for both the economic and social sphere.
In addition, Putin instructed to evaluate the idea of redirecting part of the tourist flow to the Crimea through the “new regions”.
According to the president, if large traffic jams cannot be avoided, then “you need to do everything to help citizens transfer the time that they spend on the entrance to the Crimean Peninsula.”
Earlier in the Kremlin, Putin’s meeting with graduates of the fifth flow of the development program for the Higher School of the Higher School of the State Administration of the Russian Academy of National Economy and the Presidential Service of the Russian Federation.
According to the head of state, the willingness to serve the people and the Motherland, the personal data, the abilities and potential of graduates of the School of State of Public Administration of the RANEPAS are more important than the former merits in the appointment.
“Firstly, I want to emphasize that this, of course, is the same social elevator we are talking about, because still the program is built on the principles of absolute transparency. Here, first of all, it is important not some” telephone right ” or even former merits, and personal data, abilities and potential, creative potential, willingness to serve – serve in the good sense of the word, – to serve the people, their country and homeland, ”said Putin.
According to him, since 2017 – while the program has been implemented – 50 of its participants have really become the heads of regions.