The shortage has been exacerbated by a deepening demographic crisis and stiff competition for workers from the military and defense sectors. Kasatkin Consulting, formerly part of Deloitte, estimates that the industry will face a shortfall of about 40,000 workers in 2024. This gap includes both highly skilled professionals and low-skilled labor, as indicated by the job search portal hh.ru. Read also: Russia secretly supplies oil to North Korea despite UN sanctions — report Bloomberg’s analysis, using data from the Federal Statistics Service, reveals that since 2017, salaries in the oil and gas …