State Duma passed the bill- to abolish DST in Russia

Alexander Krivenyshev worldtimezone at yahoo.com
Tue Apr 19 17:58:01 UTC 2011


Alexander Krivenyshev <worldtimezone <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> 
> 
> > Just to reconfirm, that all regions in Russia kept time zones unchanged 
> > (plus DST). Irkutsk didnt't switched to Krasnoyarsk Time Zone.
> > 
> > Here are 4 maps with Russian Time Zones in relation to World Time Zones 
(for 
> > example, Moscow Time Zone UTC+3 green color will be UTC+4 blue color during 
> > winter time):
> > 
> > http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia29.html
> > (in Russian).
> > 
> > I won't be surprised if there will be additional time adjustments in Russia 
> by 
> > winter 2011. Otherwise, for example, Kaliningrad Time zone UTC+3 will be 
the 
> > only time zone in Europe (when DST ends in Europe on Oct 30, 2011) 
surrounded 
> > by nearby regions (Poland UTC+1 and Lithuania UTC+2)... 
> > 
> > Alexander Krivenyshev,
> > http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia29.html
> > 
> > 
> 
> There is a proposal in State Duma to adopt Russian new Bill 509727-5 
> "On the Calculation of time" on April 19, 2011.
> The document, among other things, will provide the legislation to abolish 
> Daylight Saving Time in Russia.
> 
> According to RIA Novosti (in Russian)
> http://www.rian.ru/society/20110405/361331774.html
> 
> and
> State Duma documents (in Russian):
> http://asozd2.duma.gov.ru/main.nsf/(SpravkaNew)?OpenAgent&RN=509727-5
> 
> Alexander Krivenyshev,
> http://www.worldtimezone.com
> 
> 

The State Duma passed the first reading of the bill "On the Calculation of 
time" to abolish Daylight Saving Time in Russia.

Thus, current Russia time zones will be two hours ahead of "standard time" 
zones. 

According to RIA Novosti (in Russian)
http://www.rian.ru/politics/20110419/366141847.html


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



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