Alexander Krivenyshev <worldtimezone <at> yahoo.com> writes:
Here we are go again. Russia plans to move back from "permanent summer time" (now many areas have its time 2 hours ahead of the
mean
solar time) to "permanent winter time".
As we mentioned in the past: Russia may move its clocks back one or two hours. (http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia46.html)
Today, according to news, "The chairman of the State Duma's heath care committee, Sergei Kalashnikov, has submitted a bill to turn the nation's clocks back one hour to winter time - permanently ..." (http://themoscownews.com/russia/20120920/190253347.html)
It is unclear if all Russian regions will turn their's clocks back one hour (in the past Kamchatka region was against moving it's clock back from UTC+12 to UTC+11).
http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia47.html
Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com
According to different news (Russia Today), Russian Railways will stop selling tickets for long-distance journeys starting from October 26, 2012 in case Russia switches to winter time http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia49.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com