DUSHANBE , June 18, Asia-Plus  -- A job fair held by the Labor Exchange at the Committee for Youth, Sports and Tourism Affairs in Dushanbe today offered more than 1,000 vacancies in different regions of the Russian Federation .  

The Labor Exchange director Yuldosh Eshov noted that the fair had been staged in cooperation with the migration service at the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and organizations for external migration such as Tojikkhorijakor, closed joint-stock company Zolotoy Vek, Tajikaviatour and others.  

Eshov said that they hold such fairs quarterly to assist persons seeking seasonal work in Russia .         

Speaking in an interview with Asia-Plus, the Zolotoy Vek deputy director Inoyatullo Mavlonov said that they last March offered some 80 job vacancies in the Russian cities of Yekaterinburg, Ufa and Irkuts.

“This time, we have offered another 80 job vacancies,” Mavlonov said, adding that they also plan to organize jobs for women wanting to work outside the country.