Upcoming changes in Russian time zones
2016-01-03
The Russian territory of Transbaikalia will change time zone from UTC +8 to UTC +9 at 2 am on March 27, 2016.
Six other Russian regions have requested a change of time zone, and are awaiting approval. Ulyanovsk Oblast and Astrakhan Oblast have applied for a change from UTC+3 to UTC+4, Altai_Krai and Altai Republic from UTC+6 to UTC+7, and Zabaykalsky Krai and Magadan from UTC+10 to UTC+11.