Populism With A Price: Russians Weigh In On Putin's Gift Of A 10-Day Paid Holiday
share Print Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued an order making the entire period from May 1 through May 10 a paid nonworking holiday. The extended vacation will encompass the May 3 Labor Day holiday and Victory Day, which is marked on May 10 this year. The April 23 decree was justified as a measure aimed at containing the spread of COVID-19 and improving the health of Russian citizens. It adds four additional days off to Russia’s calendar of holidays for this year on...
Kaliningradskaya Oblast Robert Coalson Mikhail Khodorkovsky Tyotya Roza Ivan Belyayev Pavel Pryanikov
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