The New Year has arrived: where in Russia 2026 will be celebrated later than Moscow

Residents of the Kaliningrad Region will be the last to celebrate the New Year in Russia. They live in the UTC+ time zone.2. For more information, see the Izvestia article.

Which regions will celebrate the year 2026 at 01:00 Moscow time

Kaliningrad time differs from Moscow time by minus one hour (MSK-1) and is two hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+2). That is, Kaliningrad residents live according to their own time, which does not coincide with the rest of the European territory of Russia, and celebrate the New Year later than everyone else. The thing is that the Kaliningrad Region is separated from the rest of the country by the land borders of Lithuania and Poland and international maritime waters.

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When the first fireworks have already died down in Moscow, Kaliningrad residents are just beginning to see off the old year.

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