OREANDA-NEWS  The demand for business coaches has fallen in Russia against the background of the general state of affairs in the country's economy and the situation on the labor market. This was stated by Alexey Yezhikov, a consultant and coach of senior managers, who noted that in the context of a "bilateral" crisis, companies "cannot find suitable managers, and managers in the market say they cannot get a job." The specialist was quoted by the radio station Moscow Speaks.

The expert pointed out that over the next year, taking into account the signals that he "sees in his work," the situation for coaches and psychologists in this area will not improve. "The staff will be cut, the budget will continue to be cut," he said.

"Our activity is the second or third, mathematically speaking, derivative of the economy. Therefore, the economy is falling, and the demand for us is falling," Yezhikov explained.

Earlier, government officials made a number of statements about the difficult economic situation in the Russian Federation. Against the background of a 1.8 percent drop in GDP in January-February, Maxim Reshetnikov, head of the Ministry of Economic Development, and Maxim Oreshkin, deputy head of the presidential Administration, spoke about this, in particular.

The Central Bank stressed that the slowdown in the Russian economy is due to a number of factors, including adjustment to tax changes, as well as a larger than usual number of non-working days and the impact of bad weather.