Russia is expected to reverse a reform brought in last year by ex-president Dmitry Medvedev to reduce the stress of changing the clocks.
His answer was for permanent summer time, with darker mornings during the winter but lighter afternoons.
But many Russians complained they saw even less daylight than before and were constantly tired.
Now a bill has been proposed to turn back the clock and re-introduce daylight saving.
After the former president introduced the reform in 2011, Russia was almost alone in Northern Europe in not putting its clocks back an hour last October.
His argument was that daylight saving caused unnecessary stress and there was public support for the change.
But after months of the capital staying dark well into the morning, many Muscovites were left longing for a return to daylight saving and Mr Medvedev's successor as president, Vladimir Putin, made clear that he had no interest in keeping the change in place.
