The first deputy head of the Federal Service for Labor and Employment of Russia

A special extended meeting held on 28 January 2010 in the Federation Council was focused on the problem of rural employment and development of concrete proposals, the search for new contemporary forms of overcoming unemployment in rural areas. It was attended by representatives of Ministry of Agriculture of Russia, Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation, Ministry of Economic and Regional Development, Federal Service for Labor and Employment, Federal Migration Service, research centers, credit cooperatives, trade union of agricultural complex of Russia, officials from the office of the Federation Council. Papers and reports on trends in the labor market and employment in Russia, presented at the meeting are published below in the abridged form.