Russia`s unemployment rate goes up. Almost half of Russians worry they will be unemployed in the next three months. The market is filled with people looking for work.The unemployment rise, announced this week, is the latest blow to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s plan to expand the middle class and make the economy, currently the world’s 10th largest, one of the top five by 2020. Pictured: unemployed russians searching for a job at Employment Centre of Rostov on Don city.