State Duma deputies discussed whether to cancel the New Year holidays in Russia 
additional non-working days this year. Thus, the representative of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Alexander Yushchenko, said that there is no need to abolish the holidays, but they can be postponed to the May holidays so that people can work and relax in their dachas. The reasoning of the State Duma deputies is given by “Secret Firmy”.
In turn, a member of the Liberal Democratic Party Yaroslav Nilov noted that he would not initiate such a bill, the deputy from “Fair Russia” Anatoly Wasserman added that canceling the holidays is useless. p>
“Employees, deprived of the planned rest and planned entertainment, will work carelessly at best,” Wasserman emphasized.
Earlier, the Cabinet of Ministers determined the weekend of residents of Russia in 2022. Weekends on January 1 and 2, Saturday and Sunday, respectively, coinciding with non-working days, are postponed to May 3 and 10. New Year's holidays will last ten days. May holidays next year await citizens from April 30 to May 3 and from May 7 to 10, that is, four days in each time interval.