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Russian Billionaire Claims 12-Hour, 6-Day Workweeks Could Save Economy

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Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska is drawing criticism after suggesting dramatically longer workweeks could help stabilize the country's economy, according to Business Insider. In a recent Telegram post, Deripaska proposed that Russians adopt 12-hour workdays, six days a week — a grueling 72-hour schedule — to navigate what he described as a "difficult transformation" in the global economy. "This crisis is deeper," he wrote, pointing to shrinki…

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A twelve-hour workweek distributed over six days to revive the Russian economy. Not the motto of a workman's poster but the proposal launched by the...

A Russian billionaire demands longer working hours – and sees this as the answer to the country's economic transformation.

Russian entrepreneur Oleg Deripaska has come under fire after sharing his idea for transforming the country's economy. Due to the current economic crisis, he proposed extending working hours and introducing a six-day, 12-hour workweek.

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Polsat News broke the news on Thursday, April 2, 2026.
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