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Deputy head of the faction “United Russia” in the state Duma Andrey Isaev said that the deputies will keep the calendar of Russian holidays in its present form. About it reports “Interfax”.
According to Isayev, although the parliamentarians are constantly being offered to reschedule the existing holidays, or to establish a new legislative Committee of “United Russia” considers that it is meaningless.
The MP recalled that in 2000 years the calendar of events appeared on national unity Day (4 November), the holiday was established on 12 June (Russia Day) and decided the issue with winter break and the holidays.
Also Isaev commented on the initiative of deputies on the transfer of defender of the Fatherland Day on February 23. He acknowledged that this date was wearing ideological in nature, but now, in his opinion, she was seen by the Russians outside the context of a celebration of worker-peasant red army.
The day before, on February 28, it became known that the Deputy of the state Duma from the LDPR Ivan Sukharev has prepared amendments to the Labour code relating to the transfer of defender of the Fatherland Day. This feast he invited to note 29 of August, because this date is before the revolution was a Day of remembrance of the Russian army.
In addition, to postpone the Day of defender of the Fatherland proposed by the head of LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky. According to him, the Russian army was first formed “of lake Peipus, 5 April 1242” and the celebration of the Russian military, it should be noted in April.