"I support the proposal to make December 31 of this year a day off and I will give instructions to prepare a normative act in a timely manner," TASS quoted Bocharov as saying.

It is noted that he made this statement at a meeting with the chairman of the Public Chamber of the Volgograd region Tatyana Genze, who made such a proposal on behalf of the Volgograd residents.

Earlier in Chuvashia, December 31 was declared a day off.