Samara and Izhevsk in Russia will move to Moscow Time Zone on March 28, 2010

[Alexander Krivenyshev]

According to the Russian media, Prime Minister of Russia V. Putin signed a 
Resolution of the Government "ON THE APPLICATION IN THE TERRITORY OF THE UDMURT 
REPUBLIC SECOND TIME ZONE"

2 Russian regions (MSK +1, GMT+4):
Samara region, capital Samara
Udmurt Republic (Udmurtia), capital Izhevsk

will move to Moscow Time Zone (MSK, GMT+3) on March 28, 2010.

(in Russian)
http://www.infox.ru/authority/state/2010/03/20/Rossiya_lishilas_odn.phtml

Prime Minister of Russia V. Putin signed a 
Resolution of the Government "ON THE APPLICATION IN THE TERRITORY OF THE UDMURT 
REPUBLIC SECOND TIME ZONE"

Draft Resolution of the Government could be found on The Ministry of Industry 
and Trade of the Russian Federation
http://www.minprom.gov.ru/docs/ce/38 (in Russian)

or

http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia13.html

As reference, both 2 regions (Udmurt Republic and Samara) are the only regions 
left in MSK +1 (GMT+4) Time Zone of Russia (blue color our Russian time zones 
map on)
http://www.worldtimezone.com/time-russia24.php

This is probably one of the transitional stage in the reshaping of Time Zones 
in Russia. 
As in the future, some regions from current time zone (MSK +2, GMT+5)- Perm, 
Kurgan, Chelyabinsk, 
Ekaterinburg (Yekaterinburg) probably will move to "empty" Russian time zone 
(MSK +1, GMT+4) 


Alexander Krivenyshev,
http://www.worldtimezone.com