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Essay: Russia's labor shortage (view source)
Revision as of 21:05, April 10, 2024
, 21:05, April 10, 2024→Vladimir Putin wants to crack down on immigration after the Moscow attack. That would make the nation's labor shortage even worse
Beyond skilled professionals, Russia struggles to meet even basic labor demands, including those for military purposes. Increasingly, schoolchildren and students are being enlisted for war-related tasks. Just last week, a major investigation revealed how minors as young as 14 are involved in activities for the “Mayor’s Labor Unit” in Krasnoyarsk, weaving camouflage nets and preparing parcels for frontline needs.<ref>[https://cepa.org/article/russia-seeks-africans-to-fix-its-workforce-shortages/ Russia Seeks Africans to Fix its Workforce Shortages], Center for European Policy Analysis, March 9, 2024</ref>}}
Beyond skilled professionals, Russia struggles to meet even basic labor demands, including those for military purposes. Increasingly, schoolchildren and students are being enlisted for war-related tasks. Just last week, a major investigation revealed how minors as young as 14 are involved in activities for the “Mayor’s Labor Unit” in Krasnoyarsk, weaving camouflage nets and preparing parcels for frontline needs.<ref>[https://cepa.org/article/russia-seeks-africans-to-fix-its-workforce-shortages/ Russia Seeks Africans to Fix its Workforce Shortages], Center for European Policy Analysis, March 9, 2024</ref>}}
== Vladimir Putin's statements on Russia's present and future labor shortages ==
Interfax reported in 2024:
{{Cquote|The Russian economy will have extensive workforce needs within the next few years, President Vladimir Putin said.
"I stress that, given the demographic challenges, Russia's economy will face large workforce needs and even a workforce shortage in the coming years. This is absolutely certain. We should understand that. We will live with that in the next few years," Putin said at a congress of Russia's Federation of Independent Trade Unions.
In these conditions, "it is critical to raise labor productivity, modernize industry, agriculture, the services sector and many other sectors of the economy and social sphere with the help of digital technologies and automation of production and management processes," he said.
"This, in turn, should directly lead to an improvement of specialists' work conditions and an increase in their incomes," Putin said.<ref>[https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/101067/ Russian economy to face workforce shortage in coming years - Putin], Interfax, 2024</ref>
== Vladimir Putin wants to crack down on immigration after the Moscow attack. That would make the nation's labor shortage even worse ==
== Vladimir Putin wants to crack down on immigration after the Moscow attack. That would make the nation's labor shortage even worse ==