Unemployment is falling only in the Volga region and the Far East

Against the background of the general growth of unemployment, which began in 2025, it continued to fall in some regions - in the Volga region and the Far East. This follows from the Central Bank data analyzed by Izvestia.

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The situation with unemployment by region is uneven. In February, the indicator fell in the Far East (from 2.2% to 2.1%) and in the Volga-Vyatka region (from 1.7% to 1.6%). The regulator divides the subjects on the basis of its own regional division, but in general, the mentioned districts correspond to the Far Eastern and Volga FD.

At the same time, the overall unemployment rate in the country this year began to grow for the first time since 2023. In January, the figure amounted to 2.4% against a record low of 2.3% in December. The next month it remained at the same level, according to Rosstat data.

At the beginning of 2025, unemployment continued to fall in the Far East and Volga region, as the demand for labor from local companies continues to be stable, but people from there, all things being equal, are leaving for the capital cities, as the infrastructure and standard of living in large cities is usually better, explained Alexei Tarapovsky, founder of Anderida Financial Group.

In particular, in the Far East, logistics has been actively developing over the past few years due to the readjustment of trade flows to the Asian region. And the Volga region is in general a large and close to the center of Russia, where 25 million people live - there is highly developed both production and services, the expert added.

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