subjects established by Russia on the Crimean Peninsula—switched their time to MSK on 30 March 2014 (from UTC+02:00 with DST to UTC+04:00 with permanent DST) and then when permanent DST in Russia was removed on 26 October 2014 the time became UTC+03:00 without DST all year. On 1 July 2014, the State Duma passed a bill partially repealing the 2011 change, putting Moscow Time on permanent UTC+03:00 and thus back to standard time. Usage Most of the European part of Russia (west of the Ural Mountains) uses Moscow Time. In Kaliningrad Oblast, Kaliningrad time (UTC+02:00) is used. Samara Oblast and Udmurtia use Samara time (UTC+04:00) and Perm Krai, Bashkortostan and Orenburg Oblast use Yekaterinburg time (UTC+05:00). Since 2014, Moscow Time has been observed in Crimea after it was annexed and in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, including after their declared annexation in 2022. Past usage Prior to 26 October 2014, Moscow Time was UTC+03:00. Daylight saving time was used in the summer, advancing it to UTC+04:00. UTC+03:00 was also formerly used in European parts of what was then the USSR: Estonia, in 1940–1941 and 1944-1989 Latvia, in 1940–1941 and 1944-1989 Lithuania, in 1940–1941 and 1944-1989 Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia), in 1946–1989 Moldova, in 1944-1990 Ukraine, in 1930–1941 and 1943-1990 Samara Oblast (Russia), in 1989–1991 and again from 2010–2011. Belarus, in 1930–1941, 1944-1991 and again from 2014–present. Crimea, in 1930–1941, 1944-1990, 1994-1997 and again from 2014–present. Moscow Summer Time (UTC+04:00), was first applied in 1981 and was used: until 1989 in Estonia, Kaliningrad Oblast, Latvia and Lithuania until 1990 in Moldova and Ukraine until 1991 in Belarus between 1989 and 1991 and in 2010 in Samara Oblast. In 1922–1930 and 1991–1992, Moscow observed Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00). Daylight saving time (UTC+03:00) was observed in the summer of 1991, and the city and region reverted to UTC+03:00 by the summer of 1992. The time in Moscow has been as follows (the following list of DST usage may not be accurate): Anomalies Since political, in addition to purely geographical, criteria are used in the drawing of time zones, it follows that time zones do not precisely adhere to meridian lines. The MSK (UTC+03:00) time zone, were it drawn by purely geographical terms, would consist of exactly the area between meridians 37°30' E and 52°30' E. As a result, there are European locales that despite lying in an area with a "physical" UTC+03:00 time, are in