The Supreme Court will review the summer time law

The Supreme Court of Russia will check whether the decision to permanently establish summer time in the country was legal. The appeal committee will discuss this issue on June 13.

On March 26, the Supreme Court rejected the application of social activists who asked to cancel the transition to “summer” time. Then the social activists filed an appeal.

Maternity time was introduced in the USSR in 1930; it was one hour ahead of global standard time. In 1981, “summer time” was introduced on the territory of the USSR, ahead of standard time by another hour. Russia was ahead of its time zone by two hours in the summer, and by one hour in the winter.

The transition to “winter time” was canceled in June 2011 at the behest of Dmitry Medvedev, who was president at that time. This decision also caused great dissatisfaction among many citizens; people started talking about chronic lack of sleep and fatigue.

At a press conference in Moscow on December 20, 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he sees problems with maintaining “summer time” in Russia, and said that the government, based on the results of monitoring the situation, will decide what time the country should live by.

On February 7, 2013, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the government considers the return of “winter time” inappropriate at this stage.

Medvedev recently said that his opinion has not changed. “You know my position according to summer time; it has not undergone any changes,” Medvedev said at a meeting of the Open Government.