Russia switched to daylight saving time...
Daylight saving time was introduced in the Soviet Union to reduce energy consumption by making the most of longer days in summer. Russia changes to and from DST on the same dates as Europe, moving clocks forward one hour on the last Sunday of March and back one hour on the last Sunday of October.
The first recorded time change in Russia was in 1917.
Russia also united the Urals and Siberian time zones as part of a project to slash the time difference across the country"s vast territory.
Up until now, Russia had 11 time zones, spanning a vast territory from the western exclave of Kaliningrad (-1 Moscow time) to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Far East (+9 Moscow time).
The project, approved by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday, reduced the number of time zones in Russia from 11 to 9. On Sunday the Samara Region and the Republic of Udmurtia, which were one hour ahead of Moscow, moved into the capital"s time zone.