Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on returning to the "standard" winter time in the Russian Federation.



The new Federal Law "On Amendments to the Federal Law "On the calculation of time" " will come into effect on October 26, 2014 at 02:00 and sets 11 time zones in Russia.



Moscow standard time (MSK) will be back to 3 hours (currently 4 hours) ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).



