95,865 Russian workers in Russia found themselves on forced " Galina Karelova, Vice Speaker of the Upper House of the Russian Parliament, stated this at a meeting of the Federation Council on March 23.. reports "

Most of the potentially unemployed were in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara and Kaluga regions.

However, this figure, which appeared a little more than 2 weeks after the start of sanctions, is obviously only the tip of the iceberg..

So, over this short period of time, a total of 36,765 organizations, employing 8.4 million Russians, announced changes in the employment regime, Karelova added..

She recalled that a number of foreign companies have stopped or are stopping their work in the country, and stated that it is necessary to take measures.

It is noted that the government of the Russian Federation has already allocated nearly 40 billion rubles to prevent unemployment in the face of the withdrawal of Western business. However, these support measures should cover only more than 600 thousand Russians..

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Western countries imposed tough anti-Russian sanctions, and Western companies began to leave the Russian market or limit their work with it. According to Yale University researchers, since the beginning of the war, more than 450 companies have limited their activities in Russia in one way or another..

The government proposed to introduce external management of the property of companies leaving the Russian market. At the same time, the head of Norilsk Nickel, Vladimir Potanin, warned the authorities against the nationalization of this property..