Address to the Nation by Russian President Vladimir Putin on the Coronavirus Pandemic
On March 25, 2020 President of the Russian Federation H. E. Vladimir Putin addressed the nation on the coronavirus pandemic.
The full transcript of his address is available here: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/63061.
- Details
President Putin signed Executive Order On Declaring Non-Work Days in the Russian Federation amid COVID-19 outbreak
To ensure sanitary and epidemiological safety of the population in the Russian Federation and in accordance with Article 80 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the President declared March 30 to April 3, 2020 non-work days with full pay.
The Executive Order also lists organisations whose employees are not covered by it.
According to the Executive Order, federal and regional government bodies, local self-government bodies and organisations engaged in mass media production and distribution must determine the number of employees required to ensure the functioning of these bodies and organisations from March 30 to April 3, 2020.
Source: http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/63065
- Details