Novak announced the need to replace about 11 million workers in five years.

In Russia, it is necessary to replace about 11 million jobs over the next five years due to the retirement of employees. This was announced on May 19 by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak at a forum on improving labor productivity.

"In the next five years, about 11 million jobs will have to be replaced due to the retirement of employees. And I would like to emphasize that this is not a long—term challenge, but specifically a challenge of today," he said.

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