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Russian parliament to decide on Day of Polite People — Kremlin

A bill on creating a new holiday in Russia was proposed in mid-September by lawmaker Igor Zotov
T-shirt with a 'polite people' print on it on sale in Moscow's park Sokolniki ITAR-TASS/Zurab Dhavakhadze
T-shirt with a 'polite people' print on it on sale in Moscow's park Sokolniki
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MOSCOW, October 3. /TASS/. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Kremlin knows about the proposal on making October 7 a Day of Polite People in Russia, but it is up to the parliament to approve the move.

“Possibly, this will be considered, and the parliament’s attitude towards this will be formed,” Peskov said, declining to say how the Kremlin has reacted to the proposal.

A bill on creating a new holiday in Russia was proposed in mid-September by lawmaker Igor Zotov.