Saturday, September 20, 2014

Russian Crimea Public Holiday Bill

Sources: Tass News Agency (Moscow) and Russia bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Lawmakers in the Russian Duma have called for the introduction of legislation to declared October 7, the birthday of Vladimir Putin, as a new annual non-working public holiday in Russia, to commemorate the seizing of Crimea from the Ukraine, earlier this year. [full story]