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Moscow. July 27 (Interfax) - According to the Health and Social Development Ministry, the number of officially registered unemployed in Russia has stopped decreasing and has increase to 2.1525 million persons.

"In the period from July 16 to July 22, 2009, the number of unemployed citizens increased by 0.4% to 2.1525 million persons as of July 22," the ministry said in a statement on Monday citing the most recent labor market monitoring.

This was the first increase in total officially registered unemployed for the last several months.

The ministry said that unemployment had increased in the majority of Russian regions. "An increase of registered unemployed citizens at employment offices was recorded in 49 subjects of the Russian Federation. Among these are the Jewish Autonomous Region, the Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic, the Tver and Moscow regions," the press release said.

However, the number of unemployed dropped in 32 regions, the ministry said. The biggest decreases were recorded in the Tuva, Magadan, Kamchatka and Sakhalin regions, the ministry said.