Next week will be off work in Russia, emergency holydays to end on Apr 5: Putin

Vladimir Putin. Photo: Russia24 TV channel. Sketched by the Pan Pacific Agency.

MOSCOW, Mar 25, 2020, Pan Pacific Agency. Next week will be inactive for all workers except essential services and govt services in Russia, President Vladimir Putin announced during his TV-address to nation on the coronavirus spread. The salary will be saved, he added. Russian President also said that a nationwide vote to amend the Constitution to be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Vote had been planned on April 22.

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