How Does a Moment Last Forever marks the first collaboration between Menken and Rice in over two decades; the last time they worked together had been in the "Beauty and the Beast" musical. Menken believes that the songs he and Rice had written for the musical would not have translated well to the screen due to the structural differences between the two formats. One of at least nine significant changes made to the film specifically for the remake, "How Does a Moment Last Forever" was conceived to explain Belle's backstory. Her quest to find out her mother's fate serves, in the plot, as a foundation for
Time in Russia 02:00:00, Sakhalin Oblast changed its time zone from MSK+8 to MSK+7. On 1 May 2002, 03:00:00, Tomsk Oblast changed its time zone from MSK+4 to MSK+3. On 1 January 2004, 00:00:00, New Siberian Islands, Tomponsky District and Ust-Maysky District changed its time zone from MSK+6 to MSK+7. The following time zone changes occurred on 28 March 2010, which, in particular, led to abolition of two of the eleven time zones. Although the Russian government wants to reduce the number of time zones even further, there have been protests in far-eastern Russia on the recent changes, including protests and a 20,000-strong