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[[File:Putin 2023.jpg|thumbnail|right|225px|During his annual phone-in with the public in 2019, President [[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Vladimir Putin]] described low productivity as “one of the most acute and important” problems facing Russia.<ref>[https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/09/23/why-is-russia-so-unproductive-a67397 Why Is Russia So Unproductive?], Moscow Times, 2019</ref>]]

[[File:Putin I'm not bluffing.PNG|thumbnail|right|225px|During his annual phone-in with the public in 2019, President [[Essay: Vladimir Putin is a corrupt kleptocrat and an authoritarian|Vladimir Putin]] described low productivity as “one of the most acute and important” problems facing Russia.<ref>[https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/09/23/why-is-russia-so-unproductive-a67397 Why Is Russia So Unproductive?], Moscow Times, 2019</ref>]]

The Center for European Policy Analysis reported on March 9, 2024:

The Center for European Policy Analysis reported on March 9, 2024:

{{Cquote|Towards the end of last year, experts from the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences estimated that Russia faced a shortfall of nearly 5 million workers in 2023, which is already impeding economic growth. The total workforce is a little under 74 million.

{{Cquote|Towards the end of last year, experts from the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences estimated that Russia faced a shortfall of nearly 5 million workers in 2023, which is already impeding economic growth. The total workforce is a little under 74 million.