Human resources expertise Natalia Darina and Marina Levova, research the "labor market. Fall 2026. What has changed since June, what is happening with my career and what to expect in the future": "The Russian model: in a crisis, wages and hours are reduced, not people.
How it was during the crisis in 2015: real wages fell by 9%, and unemployment rose by only 0.4 percentage points.
Now the same scenario: unemployment is high, and 80% of companies are freezing wages."