11/ "Due to a 19.8 billion ruble [$265 million] budget deficit, Novosibirsk is cutting positions at youth centers and social institutions. The Omsk and Irkutsk regions and the Krasnoyarsk Territory are expecting the largest waves of layoffs.

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10/ "Branches are closing, and the workload for those remaining is growing. In the regions, the situation is even more dire. Moscow and the Moscow region are cutting 15% of their civil servants and managers in executive bodies.

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9/ "Gazprom has gone even further: its central office has been cut almost in half—from over 4,000 to 2,500. Russian Post officially denies "mass layoffs," but by 2025, about 40,000 employees have resigned "voluntarily," and the forecast for the end of 2026 is up to 60,000.

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8/ "In St. Petersburg, train drivers are already being deprived of bonuses under the pretext of "insufficient passenger numbers," while in the regions, forced unpaid leave is being implemented.

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7/ "State-owned giants are setting the tone. In March, Russian Railways announced the layoff of 6,000 employees—15% of its central office and branch managers. The reason: a collapse in freight traffic, billions in losses, and the need to save 74 billion rubles [$990 million].

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6/ "In the fourth quarter of 2025, actual layoffs due to staff reductions increased by 59% compared to the previous year, reaching 32,600 people, and almost 40% of these were public sector employees: doctors, teachers, social service workers, and government officials.

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5/ "According to Rostrud [the Federal Service for Labour and Employment], as of 1 April 2026, 105,147 people have already been recommended for layoffs—a 43% increase from ten months earlier. This increase has been consistent since last summer, when the figure stood at 73,572.

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4/ "Those who eked out a secure position for decades, counting on a guaranteed pension, are now finding themselves on the sidelines: without in-demand skills, digital literacy, and competitive ability; they are becoming a burden for organisations forced to cut costs at any cost.

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3/ "Russia is plunging into a massive wave of layoffs and reductions, which is hitting public sector employees and state corporations particularly hard.

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2/ The 'Political Report' Telegram channel highlights the growing scale of the crisis in Russia's state-run bodies. It also notes the political risks that this is creating for the Russian government, which faces growing public hostility towards its policies:

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