MOSCOW, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The number of people unemployed

in Russia stood at 4.5 million, or 6.0 percent of the workforce,

at the end of January, after a rate of 5.3 percent in the

previous month, the Federal Statistics Service said on Tuesday.

Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast unemployment of 5.7

percent.

The FSS provided the following data:

RUSSIAN UNEMPLOYMENT Jan 13 Dec 12 Jan 12

No. unemployed (mln) 4.48 3.83 4.75

Officially registered (mln) 1.07 1.07 1.30

NOTE - Figures based on the methodology of the International

Labour Organisation.

For key Russian indicators click here.

(Compiled by Maya Dyakina)

Keywords: RUSSIA UNEMPLOYMENT/

(maya.dyakina@thomsonreuters.com)(+7-495-775-12-42)

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