[tz] New proposal to return Russia 10 time zones and adjust regions to the standard time

[Alexander Krivenyshev]

New bill on changing time in Russia was submitted today (January 20, 2014).
New bill will be more complicated than a simple  change clocks back to the 
winter time.

The proposals included:
- to change Moscow time zone to UTC+3 from current UTC+4.
- return Russia 10 time zones (today Russia uses nine  time zones).
- adjust each region to its standard time zone.
- no seasonal  time change (no DST).

If approved, the new bill will go into effect on October 26, 2014.

ITAR-TASS Novosti (in Russian)
http://itar-tass.com/obschestvo/897800


Alexander Krivenyshev - WorldTimeZone.com