Russia lost more than 1.5 million able-bodied citizens due to the war: what awaits the economy of the Russian Federation

Due to the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian economy has already lost 1.5 to 1.7 million able-bodied citizens. In 2025, the labor market in Russia is expected to increase the shortage of personnel, slow down the rate of wage growth, and maintain the level of unemployment at the current level. This was reported by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, reports UNN.

Regarding the development of the situation on the labor market in Russia in the long term, it is reported that by 2045 the employment market in the Russian Federation will decrease by 7-10 million people from the current 76 million employed citizens.

The deterioration of the situation on the labor market leads to the deepening of stagflation processes in the Russian economy – an increase in the level of inflation due to an increase in wages, a decrease in the level of production, and bankruptcies of a number of enterprises.

As noted by the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, the shortage of the working-age population of the Russian Federation is also one of the factors that prevent the Russian authorities from announcing a new wave of mobilization.

We will remind

Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the State Government of Ukraine, said that the economy of the Russian Federation will reach a dangerous level in 2025. Russia plans to spend 41% of the budget on war and is able to continue hostilities at the current levels.