According to different news (in Russian), Russian State Duma is considering the introduction of a permanent winter time with moving its clocks back 1-2 hours. The bill on the transition from summer to winter time will be finalized and submitted to Russian State Duma in early September. http://www.worldtimezone.com/dst_news/dst_news_russia44.html Alexander Krivenyshev, http://www.worldtimezone.com