Russia spans 11 standard time zones.
The country extends across northern Eurasia from the Baltic and Black Sea regions to the Pacific coast and the Bering Strait. Its enormous east-west width means local solar time differs greatly between its western and eastern regions.
Russia’s time zones run from UTC+2 in Kaliningrad to UTC+12 in Kamchatka and Chukotka. Moscow uses Moscow Standard Time, which is UTC+3. The country’s official time-zone arrangement has changed over time, including changes connected with daylight-saving policies and regional administrative decisions.
Russia abolished seasonal clock changes in 2014 and has since used permanent standard times in its regions. The 11-zone figure refers to the country’s current standard time arrangement, not to every historical system ever used there. Canada and the United States also span several time zones, but neither has the same continuous east-west territorial reach across Eurasia.