“As for the weekend of the 31st, in principle, in my opinion, this is logical, of course. With the arguments that you have just cited, I completely agree, it lies on the surface. But how to do it, is it possible and necessary to do it right now in a hurry, on the eve of the New Year’s right, I don’t know, ”the president said.

According to him, you just need to "calmly analyze everything, see so as not to cause damage."

Earlier, Putin at a meeting with representatives of the HRC said that he had heard a request to make December 31 a day off.

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