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Joblessness is key problem in Caucasus - Khloponin.

YESSENTUKI, February 26 (Itar-Tass) -- Russian presidential
representative in the North Caucasus Federal District, Alexander
Khloponin, sees the clue to resolving the problem of joblessness - the
biggest problem of the whole region - in creating a stable system of law enforcement.

"The main problem of the Caucasus is unemployment. Conditions must be
created in which young people will find it easy to get jobs. With this in
mind the government set the task of drawing investments, launching
production facilities and creating jobs. This will be impossible without
the absolutely guaranteed, stable operation of the law-enforcement system,
which is to protect the rights of citizens and investors. I would liken
this to scales - there must be a balance," Khloponin said on Thursday.
Today, the pressures on the law-enforcement and judicial systems are
enormous.
The more stable the situation gets, the faster the investments will be
pouring in and the sooner we shall be able to create new jobs. We must
work in close cooperation to this end," Khloponin said.
He believes that only systematic struggle against corruption and
effective court sentences will be able to achieve victory.
"Corruption is number one ill for the country. It has the unflagging
attention of the president and the prime minister," he said.
Khloponin acknowledges that corruption exists everywhere, in any
territory of the country.
"Here, in the North Caucasus, it is present to a slightly greater
extent. We shall be putting things in order," he said. "We shall keep
working, we shall be taking cases to courts. The way I see it, the
judicial system is the clue to fighting corruption. The more effective the
courts are, the more adequate punishments are to the crimes committed, the
faster we shall cope with this problem."
Khloponin asked the media not to over-dramatize the situation in the
North Caucasus.
"If the media keep fanning tensions, we shall face greater problems
with creating jobs and giving our people a chance to find employment," he
said.

.400 employees of AvtoVAZ car giant to face early retirement March.

SAMARA, February 26 (Itar-Tass) -- About 400 employees of the AvtoVAZ car giant will face early retirement on pension next month, the Mayor's
Office of the city of Togliatti told Itar-Tass on Thursday after a
conference devoted to employment matters.
"According to the current plans 400 employees will leave on pension
before the retirement age. At present 4,136 workers have to stay idle,"
the mayor's office said.
In December through February the list of AvtoVAZ employees shrank by
13,000. On December 8, 2009 the number of those employed stood at 90,000,
and at the beginning of February, at 77,000.
According to forecasts, by the end of the first quarter of this year
the personnel is to reduce to 72,000.
Togliatti has a total of 18,544 officially registered jobless. The
unemployment rate is 4.06 percent. There are ten contenders per each
permanent job.

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