The Russian government has set a schedule for postponing weekends and holidays in 2023. Related Decree signed Tuesday, August 30, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.
In particular, the New Year holidays will last from December 31 to January 8, and the May holidays from April 29 to May 1 and from May 6 to May 9 will come after the document.
“It falls on Sunday, January 1 and 8 in the new year. Since these are non-working holidays, it was decided to move it to Friday, February 24 and Monday, May 8, respectively, ”the text says.
In 2023, non-working days will be from February 23 to February 26 inclusive, March 8, April 29 to May 1, May 6 to May 9, June 10 to 12 and November 4 to 6.
We add that next year it is Sunday, December 31, so on the eve of the New Year holidays there will automatically be a day off. A similar situation is developing in 2022: the last day of the year falls on Saturday.
Every year on December 31st…
It was already stated by Denis Kravchenko, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Economic Policy, that December 31 should be a permanent holiday, since Russians need to prepare for the New Year.
And his colleague’s deputy, Sultan Khamzaev, urged the heads of the Russian regions to declare December 31 a holiday, because more than 85% of citizens support this initiative.
The figure given by the deputy practically coincides with the result of a survey by the SuperJob service. In this study, 81% of the participants supported The idea to make December 31 an official non-working day forever.
real relay
Also, Khamzaev’s discussed With a proposal to the Ministry of Labor to postpone 1 September. He pointed out that for many Russians, this day is a “true relay race” when parents have to prepare their children for school and then take time off for work.
The deputy noted that attention should be paid to important dates in the life of Russians.
“To encourage this kind of desire of parents, we must focus attention, and a day off is an encouragement and motivation for a parent to pay attention not only to their first grader, but also to their children,” he said.
Knowledge Day is a public holiday in Russia, but it is also a working day. According to Khamzaev, September 1 can be a holiday at the expense of One of the New Year holidays.
The parliamentarian also proposed that March 18 – the day when Crimea became part of Russia – be declared a public holiday.
July 8 may be a new holiday for Russians. a draft law on announcement The day of family, love and fidelity as a non-working holiday, with the preservation of the total number of these days established by the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
“Given the goals of the state, which is also enshrined in the Constitution of the Russian Federation, aimed at preserving the priority of traditional values in society in Russia, it seems necessary to attach special importance to the date of the July 8 holiday. The creation and strengthening of the historically ingrained values of the family in the minds of society”.