A year ago when Russia scrapped the seasonal switch and decided to advance an hour "permanently", I said to myself "finally someone in the Russian Govt "gets it"". I guess not any more... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jaakko Hyvätti" <jaakko.hyvatti@foreca.com> To: "Zoidiasoft Tech" <tech@astrology-x-files.com> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 12:20 AM Subject: Re: [tz] Russia may scrap time change

I guess the point was that the Russians watch Western European games. I think English football league is not going to listen to Russians in this matter.

Jaakko

On Thu, 19 Jan 2012, Zoidiasoft Tech wrote:

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Are people really so stupid that they can't change their schedule to have their silly little football game to be an hour earlier? Instead they want everyone else to change their clocks to fit their own agenda...

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin promised to convey to President Dmitry Medvedev suggestions from Russian football fans about the cancellation of the transition to winter time.

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