MOSCOW, October 3 (RIA Novosti) - Unemployment in Russia grew 10.8% in August to 1.8 million, the Federal State Statistics Service Rosstat said Wednesday.
The economically active part of the population amounted to 74.7 million at the end of August, or 51% of Russians, including an employed 69.9 million and 4.8 million seeking work, Rosstat said.
