"The Liberal Democratic Party is in favor of keeping the number of days off for citizens, but instead of general fixed vacations, it is better to add 15 more to all citizens to 28 regular vacation days, and let them choose when to take them," he said in a comment to RIA Novosti.
According to Zhirinovsky, the New Year holidays is a period of an extreme jump in mortality, as the number of domestic crimes and fights grows during the “New Year's lockdown”.
Service "Rabota.ru" previously conducted a survey, according to which about 47% of Russians plan to work or earn extra money on New Year's holidays.
Compared to 2019 and 2020, the indicator decreased - 58% and 54% of respondents, respectively, spoke about plans to work then.