Unemployment at its peak in Chechnya and Ingushetia

Caharkala/Agency Caucasus – Unemployment across North Caucasus hits most severely the Chechens as well as the Inhushes.

Data that comes from the Statistics Office of Russian Federation put the rate of Chechen unemployment at 61.5 percent, while it is 52.6 percent in its sister republic of Ingushetia. The overall rate of unemployment is ranging from 19 to 21 percent in other Caucasian countries like Dagestan, Karachai-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria. KU/ÖZ/FT