The last short working week has begun in Russia. At the same time, in different regions of the country, the last working day will be held either on Wednesday, December 30, or on Thursday, 31st. In both cases, it will be shortened by one hour.
Russian regions began to massively declare December 31 a non-working day. Some of them started doing this after the president Vladimir Putin supported the corresponding proposal ” United Russia “. At the moment, on December 31, more than 70 regions, including Moscow and the Moscow region, have been declared a holiday.
Earlier, the Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on next year, December 31st will be a day off.
A poll conducted in Russia poll showed that supporters of declaring December 31 a day off in 2021, almost every second inhabitant of the country (48 percent) turned out to be. The share of those who do not like this idea was 14 percent, another 36 percent were indifferent to it.
37 percent of Russians explained their desire to make December 31 a day off by the lack of time, another 25 percent believe that on this day “no one really works” due to a reduced schedule or corporate parties.