World | Russia Russia Drops Daylight Saving Time Country abandons practice held since '81 By Nick McMaster Posted Feb 9, 2011 2:42 PM CST Copied This Monday Dec. 13, 2010 photo shows a street view in Saransk, the capital of the Mordovia region some 600 kilometers (350 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Dec. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel) Russia has decided to eliminate daylight saving time and will keep its clocks unchanged this October and beyond, UPI International reports. President Dmitry Medvedev said he decided to cancel the shift, which the country has practiced since 1981, because of potential "stress and illnesses" on people shifting their biological clocks. It's also a little less complicated for a country with nine time zones, notes Monsters & Critics. Read These Next The Air Force has changed its tune on Ashli Babbitt. Details trickle out on 2 more victims of the Minneapolis shooting. Open that wallet big time for a trip to Disney, if you can afford it. A 'tense' clash with RFK Jr. led to CDC chief's trouble. Report an error