The OP proposed to make December 31 a working day.

It is necessary to make December 31 a working day, and move the day off to May. This opinion was expressed on June 8 by Vladislav Grib, Deputy Secretary of the Civic Chamber of the Russian Federation, at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum (SPIEF).

"December 31 is not a day off in any country in the world. <...> December 31 as a day off should be postponed to the May holidays," he told TASS.

According to Grib, January provides enough time for rest from the 1st to the 7th, and it is important that the holidays are logically grouped. The agency's interlocutor stressed that the excess of winter holidays negatively affects the health of citizens, as not everyone can go to the south or to the mountains for winter holidays.

"Let's make a continuous vacation in May. Maybe we'll take a couple of days from January. Rest is more important in May than in January. My opinion is that the days off should be from May 1st to 9th. Then you can go on a short vacation and work in the country," he concluded.

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Yaroslav Nilov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs, recalled on May 3 that the record-breaking 12-day New Year holidays would be repeated next time in 2032. It was noted that this directly depends on whether the provisions of the Labor Code of the Russian Federation will remain the same by this year.