REAL UNEMPLOYMENT NOW 18 PERCENT.

Nearly one Russian infive is now unemployed, an expert at the Institute of EconomicAnalysis told Segodnya June 30. Tatyana Maleva said thatthe rate would continue to rise because the Russian governmenthad not used shock therapy earlier. She also noted that the country’smoney supply had shot up 10 percent in May, an increase that makesinflation more likely.

Russians Don’t Want to Serve in Army.