He announced this on his Instagram page.

“So that the last day of the outgoing year could be spent with friends and relatives in a pleasant New Year’s chores,” wrote Temrezov.

Earlier in the Crimea, Pskov region, Stavropol Territory, they announced a decision to make December 31, 2019 a day off.

Also, according to URA.RU, State Duma deputy Vitaly Pashin sent a letter to the governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Alexey Teksler with a proposal to make December 31 a day off in the region.