On Wed, Dec 02, 2020 at 04:05:01PM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
On 12/2/20 2:57 PM, wtz wrote:
(State Duma plan to pass the Bill in the second and third reading next week - around December 9, 2020)
Thanks for keeping us up-to-date. After December 9, it'll still need a look-see by the Federation Council and a signing by the president before it's a done deal. Not much time before the time change on December 20. I suppose people will just use "Europe/Moscow" if their tzdb copies aren't updated in time.
Your source says "в скандальном вопросе" ("v skandal'nom voprose"), a curious choice of words. The extreme lack of notice is scandalous from my point of view, and perhaps the source is making the same point.
Currently proposed text for the second reading (expected on Decemeber 8) on https://sozd.duma.gov.ru/bill/1012130-7 changes the date to December 27. https://v1.ru/text/gorod/2020/12/04/69601031/ says that passing the law before December 20 is "physically impossible".