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