Quarter of Kuban citizens work "in shadows"

To date, 600 thousand people are involved in the "shadow" sector of Krasnodar Territory's labor market, which amounts to about a quarter of the economically active population, regional Minister of Labor and Social Development Alexander Knyshov informed.

These people do not officially work anywhere, they do not pay taxes, but at the same time claim to all existing social benefits, enjoy free medical care, social support measures, bring children to kindergartens and schools. Today this problem has reached a new level," Interfax quoted him as saying.