“Almost every second respondent (49%) supports the prime minister’s initiative, 31% against the reduction of the working week. Every fifth (20%) found it difficult to answer, ”the survey said.

Earlier it was reported that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed the Russian Ministry of Labor before the end of September to submit to the government his position on the prospects of introducing a four-day working week.

Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labor, Social Policy and Veterans' Affairs, Yaroslav Nilov, in an interview with the FBA "Economics Today" appreciated this initiative.