I am totally against it, like most Russians." The deputy chairman of the labor committee in the State Duma opposed Mironov's idea to move part of the New Year's weekend to May. The head of Just Russia, Sergei Mironov, suggested "re-distributing" the holidays.
"May vacations are divided into two parts: from May 1 to May 3 and from May 8 to 10. There will be four working days in the middle - they can simply be moved to the winter between Rosh Hashanah and Christmas," said the politician.
The Deputy Head of the State Duma Committee for Labor Affairs, Social Policy and Veterans Affairs, Svetlana Besarev, responded to the "Podium" publication that this proposal "will not pass", since ideologically May holidays are completely different, and Russians are used to New Year's holidays for the whole family.
"May Day is a holiday of labor collectives. And May 9 is a great victory. Therefore, they don't have to fit and they don't have to be long. While the New Year holidays are created based on the fact that we celebrate the New Year and our Christian Christmas. Therefore, it would also be ideologically correct to put it this way.
In addition, especially Russians with families are already used to long Rosh Hashanah holidays. Young parents do not always have the opportunity to go on vacation at the same time, but on Rosh Hashanah they have the opportunity to spend time together. Therefore, I am totally against it, like most Russians, by the way."
Basarv added that the New Year's weekend "provides an opportunity, in addition to the summer vacation period, to relax again and gather strength."