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 A game of doorbell ditch turns fatal for 11-year-old. Is India, under hefty tariffs, turning away from the US? Guy accused of snatching hat from boy at US Open IDed as rich CEO. At Colorado airport: collision, flames, death. Report an error