Overview
- The workweek runs only on December 29 and 30 before the New Year break, according to the official 2025 calendar.
- Authorities designated December 31 as a non-working day by transferring a day off from January 5, with New Year holidays beginning January 1.
- Rabota.ru HR director Yuliya Sanina told RIA Novosti that December 30 remains a full-length workday.
- She noted that the transfer of a day off does not make December 31 a public holiday for the purposes of pre-holiday rules.
- For employees on a five-day schedule, December 30 will be the final working day of the year, with no change reported to labor regulations.