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Russia considers working age of 12 to solve wartime jobs crisis

Russia considers working age of 12 to solve wartime jobs crisis

Russia is considering lowering the country’s working age to 12 and reopening Soviet child labour camps to solve a jobs crisis driven by the war in Ukraine. Moscow’s children’s rights commissioner proposed the change to get young people into employment during the holidays, claiming “almost all of them want to work in the summer”.

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Russia considers working age of 12 to solve wartime jobs crisis