Russia to help jobless create own businesses in 2010 | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “The Russian government will continue helping the jobless create their own businesses in 2010 and intends on maintaining the practice even after the economic crisis is over, a senior government official said on Tuesday.
Deputy Minister of Health and Social Development Maxim Topilin said last year each unemployed individual who had applied for a subsidy to launch his own small business received 58,000 rubles ($1,933) in a lump sum.”