The times, they are a’changing in Russia 13, November 2009
Posted by thegulfblog.com in China, Russia.Tags: Changing time zones, China time zone, Russia, Russian time zones, Time zones
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Russian President Putin Medvedev announced that he is considering cutting the number of timezones in the country. Currently, Russia spans 11 timezones which, for example, makes business difficult for those at opposite ends of the country. Looking at the map above, it doesn’t look too difficult to do. The +4, +6 and +8 ones look like ripe candidates for the chop to start with. Then again, he could go the Chinese route and make everyone work by a unified Moscow timezone. And to think that people in the UK think that Britain is too London-centric…
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