2011 Russian time zone reform

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The 2011 Russian time zone reform was a nationwide adjustment of Russia’s timekeeping system that significantly altered the number and configuration of the country’s time zones and daylight saving practices.

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instanceOf government policy
time zone reform
abolished daylight saving time in Russia
affected Moscow Time
regional time offsets from UTC
affectedPopulation residents of Russia
affectedSector broadcasting schedules
business operating hours
international coordination of time with Russia
transport schedules
appliesTo Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
category 2011 in Russia
Time in Russia
Time zone law
changed number of time zones in Russia
chronology early 2010s Russian reforms
controversy public debate over health and convenience effects
country Russia
decisionProcess federal legislation and executive decree
effectiveDate 2011-03-27
followedBy 2014 Russian time zone reform
governmentLevel federal
implementedBy Government of the Russian Federation
surface form: Government of Russia
implementedUnderLeader Dmitry Medvedev
jurisdiction Russia
surface form: Russian Federation
languageOfOfficialActs Russian
legislativeBody State Duma
longTermImpact basis for later adjustments in 2014
mediaCoverage Russian national media
notableAspect elimination of seasonal clock changes
significant alteration of number and configuration of time zones
policyArea civil timekeeping
time measurement
policyType timekeeping policy
precededBy previous Russian daylight saving time system
reason economic considerations
perceived health benefits
simplification of timekeeping system
result permanent summer time in Russia
reconfiguration of Russian time zones
scope nationwide
signedBy President of the Russian Federation
surface form: President of Russia
startTime 2011
territorialExtent all federal subjects of Russia
timeZoneSystem Russian time zone system

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2014 Russian time zone reform replaces 2011 Russian time zone reform