Published time: March 30, 2014 11:09
Edited time: March 30, 2014 11:41

Clocks in Crimea and Moscow struck midnight at the same time, as the hands of the main railway station clock in the city of Simferopol jumped from 10 pm to 12 am on Saturday.

Hundreds gathered on the square near the railway station to salute the switch. People were waving Russian flags and chanting, “Crimea! Russia!”

Some people had tears of joy in their eyes when the clock moved to Moscow time.

People celebrate the ceremonial change of time on the railway square in the Crimean city of Simferopol March 30, 2014. (Reuters/Shamil Zhumatov)

“I greet you with our return home,” Crimea’s Prime Minister Sergey Aksyonov told the crowd.

“I am confident that all that we…