Alexander Krivenyshev <worldtimezone <at> yahoo.com> writes:
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
As of now, similar draft resolutuion for Samara region on the application of second time zone is not signed yet. Proposal for Samara region (MSK + 1, UTC + 4) in Russia to move to Moscow time zone (MSK, UTC + 3) on march 28, 2010 is not confirmed yet. Draft resolution for Samara region on (in russian): http://www.minprom.gov.ru/docs/ce/41 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia13.html Also, proposal for Kamchatka and Chukotka regions (MSK + 9, UTC + 12) in Russia to move to time zone (MSK + 8, UTC + 11) on march 28, 2010 is not confirmed yet. Draft resolution for Kamchatka and Chukotka regions on (in russian): http://www.minprom.gov.ru/docs/ce/42 or http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia14.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com