http://www.cctld.ru Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:45:18 +0400 60 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=848 On 12 June&nbsp;&nbsp;2010&nbsp;&nbsp;ANO “Coordination&nbsp;&nbsp; Center for ccTLD .RU”&nbsp;&nbsp;received a letter from the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of&nbsp;&nbsp;Communication, Information Technology and Mass Media &#40;Roskomnadzor&#41; with the&nbsp;&nbsp;information on a recent dramatic increase in the number of applications for&nbsp;&nbsp;registration of electronic media. <p>On 12 June 2010 ANO “Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU” received a letter from the Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communication, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) with the information on a recent dramatic increase in the number of applications for registration of electronic media. In particular, it was noted that while in April 2010 Roskomnadzor received just three such applications for registration of electronic media, there were 36 in May and 900- in June 2010. Meanwhile, in most cases the applications contain names of mass media consisting of commonly used words, such as,  êíèãè (books).ðô, öâåòû (flowers).ðô, ñòðîèòåëüñòâî (house building).ðô, among others.<br /> <br /> Roskomnadzor assumes that the surge in the number of such applications is due to the coming into effect of the Procedures on sunrise period for domain names registration in ccTLD .ÐÔ, which has become effective for certain categories of registrants (hereinafter referred to as ”Procedures”). The agency suggests that applicants who register mass media with commonly used names pursue the goal of acquiring, during the sunrise  period, domain names which correspond to respective mass media names for their dishonest use, including downstream resale.  <br /> <br /> In order to preclude registration of the most popular domain names by way of “conveyer” registration of mass media, Roskomnadzor has resorted to the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU with a request to introduce amendments into the Procedures.</p> <p>While fully sharing Roskomnadzor’s concerns, the Coordination Center has conducted consultations with representatives of the Ministry of Telecommunications and Mass Media and Roskomnadzor. Consequently, the CC Board was proposed to introduce amendments to the Procedures with regard to mass media. The CC Board is currently looking into a possibility of introducing amendments to the Procedures regarding adopting an additional criterion for those mass media which may submit applications for the sunrise period. According to the proposed provisions of the procedures, it will solely be those mass media which were registered prior to 12 May 2010 (the date when the Procedures took effect (i.e. not later than 11 May 2010) that may submit applications for the sunrise period. In order to secure the rights of scrupulous registrants’rights, the amendments shall be introduced prior to the sunrise period, i.e. 15 July 2010. <br /> <br /> The issue was put to a vote before the CC Board:</p> <ol> <li>To formulate clause 1.4.5 of the Procedures on sunrise period of domain names registration in ccTLD .ÐÔ for certain categories of registrants as follows<br /> “Founders of mass media registered prior to 12 May 2010 following the procedure set forth by the law of the Russian Federation whose product is intended for dissemination in the territory of the Russian Federation.”<br /> <br /> </li> <li>To make amendments to the Procedures of sunrise period of domain names registration in ccTLD .ÐÔ for certain categories of registrants starting effective as of 15 July 2010.</li> </ol> <p>The vote will take place on 13 June 2010, and its outcome will be announced in an additional comment.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=845 Experts of the Moscow Internet Exchange have completed the equipment upgrade and improvement of administrative procedures required for the full-fledged support of IPv6. <p>Experts of <a href="http://www.msk-ix.ru/net/">the Moscow Internet Exchange</a> have completed the equipment upgrade and improvement of administrative procedures required for the full-fledged support of IPv6.</p> <p>The root zones of ccTLDs RU, ÐÔ and SU have been deployed and are supported on the distributing network node <a href="http://www.msk-ix.ru/net/">RIPNDNS</a> in the framework of cooperation between <a href="http://www.msk-ix.ru/">MSK-IX</a> and <a href="http://www.tcinet.ru/">JSC “The Technical Center of Internet”</a> (footnote).</p> <p>Owing to the upgrade, the global access has now been ensured to the root DNS servers of zones RU, SU and ÐÔ with the use of protocol IPv6. </p> <p><strong>T</strong>he mounting shortage of the address space makes the launch of IPv6 an urgent challenge, and   operators, manufacturers of equipment and users have already started tackling it. Russian operators also start using IPv6 in their networks in the course of testing of advanced technologies.</p> <p><a href="http://www.msk-ix.ru/service/projects/ipv6.html">Application of IPv6</a> expands capacities of modern network devices and applets, resolves the scaling and security problems generated by the use of IPv4. </p> Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=842 The ICANN 38 International Meeting has left this question unanswered. <p>The ICANN 38 International Meeting has left this question unanswered. Debates on a separate specialized zone which should become home to all porno sites have been long underway. However this year ICANN has made a far reaching announcement. As early as in 2005 the ICM registry became a pick for the .XXX sponsored top-level domain as a potential community site for the adult entertainment industry. According to the ICANN‘s assessment, the registry fully met the criteria set forth for sponsorship of top-level domains. Later, the ICANN revoked the decision. But having reviewed the ICM application, the Independent Review Panel (IRP) confirmed the legitimacy and validity of submitted documents. The ICANN Board meeting held in Brussels last week unambiguously confirmed the validity of the IRP’s findings. But, sure enough, the issue is more tricky as it might seem. Today, the ICANN will have to run another review of the ICM to ensure that it complies with requirements to TLD sponsors. More specifically, it is necessary to ensure that the ICM is financially viable to support a top-level domain: since 2005 the financial situation of the company might have significantly changed.  </p> <p> If everything is sound then at this stage, before the application for the .XXX sponsorship is approved, the ICANN will have to hold preliminary discussions with the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC). It is only after they are over that the final decision will be taken regarding appropriateness of endorsement of the application l.<br /> The GAC in its turn harbors some doubts about the delegation of the domain .XXX. However Peter Dengate Thrush, the Chairman of the ICANN Board, has announced at the ICANN 38 International Meeting in Brussels that the Board has the right to disregard the GAC’s opinion on this issue. </p> <p> The announced decision on the launch of the specialized top-level domain which theoretically may embrace all “adult sites” has evoked a positive reaction from most registrants and professionals. It was only representatives of the porno industry who turned out to be against it because it will have an adverse effect on their business. “Today one may bump into a porno site while browsing a completely neutral address in any zone, - says Andrey Kolesnikov, the director of the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU, - but one of the fundamentals of the Internet is ‘don’t want – don’t-watch’, and domain .XXX perfectly proves this statement. If there is an organization neither ready to launch such a sponsored domain and, moreover, it meets all the respective requirements, neither the ICANN nor GAC simply may dump it. The ICANN remains just a regulator of the processes. The Corporation’s functions come down to receipt of an application and reviewing it for compliance, but it may not at its own discretion decide which domains may appear in the Internet and which may not. Delegation of the domain .XXX will regulate the cyberspace and will make life easier for those regulators, registrants and users who do not want to see porno in the Internet. Those against this domain and turning their blind eye to the problem simply are hypocrites and obscurantists. There was, is and will be sex in the Internet. </p> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=836 On its meeting on 16 June 2010, the ccTLD .RU Board ruled to have ccTLD .RU apply for membership with the Asia-Pacific Association of Top-Level Domains &#40;APTLD&#41;. <p>On its meeting on 16 June 2010, the ccTLD .RU Board ruled to have ccTLD .RU apply for membership with the Asia-Pacific Association of Top-Level Domains (APTLD). The CC holds membership in a number of international organizations including the Internet Country Code Top Level Domains Registries (CENTR). However, Russia lies both in Europe and Asia, and it is crucial for the Russian Internet community to follow all the processes taking place in the global Internet and in various local registries. These reasons underpinned the above Board’s ruling.</p> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=835 On 16 June 2010 the ccTLD .RU Board held its regular meeting at which a decision has been passed<br>regarding the landrush period of domain names registration in ccTLD .prior to the open registration period for all applicants. <p>On 16 June 2010 the ccTLD .RU Board held its regular meeting at which a decision has been passed regarding the landrush period of domain names registration in ccTLD .prior to the open registration period for all applicants. The CC Board has commissioned the CC’s director, Andrey Kolesnikov, to ensure devising all necessary documents which regulate the said landrush registration procedure until 1 August 2010.</p> <p>The Board has also appointed trustees for the landrush period implementation: members of the Board responsible for preparation of the list of projects and prospective recipients of proceeds collected over the period. The trustees are: the Chairman of the ccTLD .RU Board, Mikhail Yakushev, and members of the ccTLD .RU Board: Yulia Ovchinnikova, Alexey Lesnikov and Mark Tverdynin.</p> Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=831 On 25 June,  ICANN International Meeting held in Brussels announced&nbsp;&nbsp;delegation of several new IDNs. Today China, Hong-Kong and Taiwan have been delegated hieroglyph top-level domains. <p> On 25 June,  ICANN International Meeting held in Brussels announced delegation of several new IDNs. Today China (.&#20013;&#22269; – Simplified Chinese, &#20013;&#22283; – conventional Chinese), Hong-Kong (.&#39321;&#28207;) and Taiwan (.&#21488;&#28771;) have been delegated hieroglyph top-level domains.</p> <p> China has been delegated two IDNs at once, as there coexist two hieroglyphic scripts in China: traditional and simplified. The Chinese national registry <a href="http://www.cnnic.net.cn/en/index/">CNNIC</a>  has to ensure name synchronization in two root domains at once by applying administrative methods. It is anticipated that Internet standards experts will study versions of technical solution of domains synchronization problems and will come up with solutions of this issue.</p> <p> Hieroglyph domains formed part of the third batch of top-level domains in primary languages delegated by ICANN. Prior to it Egypt, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates were delegated their IDNs. Then, on 12 May 20120, Russia was delegated Cyrillic IDN – ccTLD .ÐÔ.</p> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=830 On 21 and 22 June, participants in the 38ICANN International Meeting discussed issues of balance of interests between the law enforcement agencies and registries and registrars, as well as issues of safe Internet and combating crime in the Internet.&nbsp;&nbsp; <p>On 21 and 22 June, participants in the 38ICANN International Meeting discussed issues of balance of interests between the law enforcement agencies and registries and registrars, as well as issues of safe Internet and combating crime in the Internet.</p> <p> Discussion on security issues allowed to conclude that problems facing Russian and global Internet experts and government agencies are very much alike. For example, at the ICANN Meeting the participants discussed issues of providers’ responsibility with respect to whether registrars have to investigate cases of illicit use of domain names and be held responsible for an abuse by means of registered domains. A question has been raised whether a registrar must annul registration of domains registered on individuals who have submitted false personal data. The level of registrar’s responsibility for his partners’ operations and many other challenging and ambiguous issues which worry the global Internet community has been clarified.</p> <p> Following the debate several priority directions have been selected. In particular, it was decided to describe in detail the verification process the registrar applies to the personal data which are submitted for domain registration and determine certain operational pattern which the registrar should follow in the event false data has been submitted. It has also been specified that in order to enhance the efficiency of the combat against illicit activities, while requirements to registrars and their partners (resellers) must be unified and the relations between them should be more transparent along the entire domain resale chain. In this connection the issue was raised that the registrar must be held fully responsible for its partner (reseller’s) actions. However, at the same time, the registrar’s rights should be expanded so that the registrar may annul accreditation of his partners in the event of infringement of the Terms and Conditions.</p> <p> The fact the ICANN together with law enforcement agencies is engaged in ensuring safer Internet is vital for the global Internet community and, in particular, for the one in Russia. Today Russia may not only generate proper mechanisms for interaction for combating cybercrime but will be adopting international experience and share best practices with the global Internet community. Russian problems are far from been unique. They reside in the vein of the global trends and Russian Internet experts has long discussed them. </p> Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=825 On 20 June, ICANN’s 38 International Meeting has opened in Brussels. <p>On 20 June, ICANN’s 38 International Meeting has opened in Brussels. Representatives of the European Parliament, the European Union, the European Registry (EURid), as well as Vice President of the European Commission in charge of the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, have spoken at the opening session. </p> <p> In his welcoming address, Rod Beckstrom, President of ICANN, has emphasized an important event in global Internet that is the successful launch of the first four IDNs, including the Cyrillic one - ccTLD .ÐÔ.</p> <p>Mr. Beckstrom has called ccTLD .RU one of the fastest growing top-level domains in Europe. This is small wonder: 3 million domain names are going to be registered in the Russian top-level domain shortly and at the same time annual growth rates remain at high level.  </p> <p> Andrey Kolesnikov, Director of the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU, congratulated countries to which IDNs in their primary languages have also been delegated and stressed that “the ICANN is the largest Internet Corporation and in spite of the rapid growth of the global Internet, it always remained democratic and open for all stakeholders concerned. Today, governments and big-time politics start playing a significant role in Internet governance. Even the opening session of the meeting turned out to be somewhat formal this time. I remain hopeful the ICANN will succeed with retaining its unique spirit and genuinely democratic management structure which takes into account opinions of all the major stakeholders: government, business, non-governmental organizations, developers, and the community at-large.”</p> Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=841 The First Russian Internet Governance Forum &#40;RIGF-2010&#41; which was co-sponsored by the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU and the RF Ministry of Telecom and Mass Media and held on 13-14 May in Moscow Expocenter on Krasnaya Presna has finished its work. <p> The First Russian Internet Governance Forum (<a href="http://russia2010.intgov.ru/">RIGF-2010</a>) which was co-sponsored by the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU and the RF Ministry of Telecom and Mass Media and held on 13-14 May in Moscow Expocenter on Krasnaya Presna has finished its work.</p> <p> The Russian Forum has become the first regional event of this sort held not only in Russia but in Eastern Europe and the Forum’s ties to the IGF family has played an important role. The framework of the IGF provides the platform for a regular interaction between leading representatives of the Internet community, governments and business community. The groundbreaking event held in Russia has met expectations of the global community and boosted up Russia’s profile as an Internet nation. The Forum was attended by 500-plus participants, including over 100 foreign ones.</p> <p> While opening the Forum, Mr. Igor Schegolev, the RF Minister for Telecom and Mass Media, compared the public need for the Internet with demand for air and stressed that the combat for safer Internet is similar to the campaign for clean air and it is vital. “Our country takes a proactive role in shaping the global information environment,” said Mr. Schegolev. “In most countries, including Russia, there emerged a unique Internet governance model whereby governance is exercised by non-governmental organizations along with the government’s contribution and with a due account of interests of business community and at-large community’s interests,” reckoned the Minister.</p> <p> The opening of the Forum coincided in time with a paramount event in the life of the RUnet. Rod Beckstrom, the President and Executive Director of ICANN, who attended the Forum, officially announced the launchof the new Cyrillic domain .ÐÔ and handed over to Mr. Andrey Kolesnikov, the Director of the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU, a plaque certificate of the Administrator of the  new Russian domain. Thus, on 13 May 2010 Russia has entered a new era of development of its national domain space. </p> <p> The new national Russian domain .ÐÔ and its impact on development of the global Internet and its evolution in Russia formed the tenor of the event. Gen. Vladislav Sherstyuk, counselor to the Secretary of the RF Security Council, trusts that the launch of the ccTLD .ÐÔ is “a milestone decision for Russia with far-reaching positive effects.” Markus Kummer, the Executive Coordinator of the IGF Secretariat,  believes the functioning of the new Cyrillic domain is a “sticking achievement for Russia”. </p> <p> The Forum has grown into a platform for dialogue: practically all sessions have turned into a trilateral dialogue between representatives of government, business community and civil society, with endless discussions in the conference rooms and and on the sidelines. The Forum was attended by representatives of the State Duma, Russian and foreign officials (the RF Minister of Telecom and Mass Media, Mr. Igor Schegolev, US Assistant Secretary of Commerce on Telecommunications and Information, Lawrence Strickling, Counselor to the Secretary of the RF Security Council, Vladislav Sherstyuk), leading representatives of the Internet community (the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU, ICANN, Mail.ru, Yandex) among others.</p> <p> Officials, businessmen, academics, technical specialists and representatives of the NGO community had a chance to hear others and have their voice heard. “Solution to the problem of the global Internet governance may be found in a dialogue between the government, technical specialists, and  the civil society. The greater part of decisions is taken just at the national, not international, level,” Markus Kummer emphasized in his presentation at the closing plenary session “Think globally, act nationally,” said he stressing significance of the Russian Internet Governance Forum for Russia and the world.</p> <p> The honor to close the First Russian Internet Governance Forum was given to two prominent Russian Internet experts - Messrs. Alexey Soldatov, Deputy Minister of Telecom and Mass Media, and Mikhail Yakushev, Chairman of the Council of the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU. Mr. Yakushev argued that the Forum organizers saw their mission in ensuring broader contacts. “We have achieved it: those engaged in the Internet governance on the global scale and those who deal with this kind of issues in Russia have got a chance to meet and take a closer look at each other. We have also managed to find out more about our foreign colleagues’ level of understanding of our problems.” He also vowed that “Internet governance underscores participation of three groups of stakeholders: government, business and civil society. Where any of these groups is falling out of the dialogue decisions turn out to be flawed and ensuing bills turn out to be flawed.” Mr. Alexey Soldatov added that it is necessary to apply all ways for communication between community at large, business community and government representatives on the issues of Internet governance and expressed hope for furthering such a dialogue.</p> Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=839 On the night of 12 to 13 May entry on the Cyrillic country-code top-level domain .ÐÔ was inserted in the DNS root zone. <p>On the night of 12 to 13 May entry on the Cyrillic country-code top-level domain .ÐÔ was inserted in the DNS root zone. Technically, the National domain represents the symbol combination “.xn--p1ai” and the majority of browsers are ready to operate  Cyrillic domain addresses. Mr. Rod Beckstrom, CEO and President of the ICANN, announced this at the opening of the First Russian Internet Governance Forum.    <br /> ANO “Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU” has officially become the administrator of the new root domain.</p> <p> The Cyrillic ccTLD .ÐÔ project has been completed by the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU with a  vigorous participation of the RF Ministry for Telecom and Mass Media, as well as with the personal support of the Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. Interaction of major stakeholders, including government, the Internet community and business, has once again demonstrated its efficiency in addressing the Internet governance issues.<br /> The Application for the Cyrillic domain was submitted to the CANN on 16 November 2009. The application had been endorsed  and supported by the RF Ministry of Telecom and Mass Media, the Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. and a number of non-government organizations.<br /> <br /> “We were looking forward to this moment and by all means it should be noted that it is the result of team-work of the whole Internet community. Russia, together with some other nations, has become a pioneer in receiving a non-Latin top-level domain, and the first country that has received a Cyrillic domain. The Russian language and the Cyrillic script represent an integral part of life not only of Russian citizens but of many Russian speaking  population all over the world. I have already repeatedly noted that we speak, write, think and dream in Russian.” Andrey Kolesnikov, Director of the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU,  said as quoted</p> <p>Rod Beckstrom, CEO and the President of the ICANN has also emphasized the critical importance of top-level domains in national languages: “ICANN is an international corporation and Internet is a global network which should become accessible to everyone. This is the best way to provide access to information to the people. Introduction of non-Latin domains is the best opportunity for everyone to become part of the global network. I am also glad that Russia turned out to be one of the first countries striving to obtain a non- Latin top-level domain. Russia’s voice is heard distinctly throughout the Internet and ICANN will only benefit from your country and its original culture’s contribution.  <br /> From 12 through 16 September 2010 the priority registration of second-level domain names for exclusive holderscof  trademarks and service trademarks will continue in ccTLD .ÐÔ. From 15 July through 16 September 2010 second-level domain names in ccTLD .ÐÔ will be allocated for exclusive holders  of rights on brand names, appellations of origin, not-for-profit organizations and mass media.<br /> In autumn 2010, upon expiration of the priority registration period, domain name registration in ccTLD .ÐÔ will be open for all applicants. </p> Thu, 13 May 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=838 The First Russian Internet Governance Forum has become a perfect arena for presentation by the&nbsp;&nbsp;Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU of &quot;Internet Governance&quot;. <p> The First Russian Internet Governance Forum has become a perfect arena for presentation by the  Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU of “Internet Governance”. Authored by Jovan Kurbaliya and translated and published in Russian by CCTLD .RU, the English-language original has gotten several impressions to date. The Russian one will be of interest to the Runet pros and abecedarians alike. Notably, the monograph is the first reference publication in Russia on Internet governance issues. This publication is about current challenges in the area and it highlights ambiguity of the term itself. It also contains references to the principles underlying the global Internet.</p> <p> “I will be very glad if this book helps us all to better understand a complicated process of Internet governance and provide food for ensuing discussions and debates,” – Andrey Kolesnukov Director of the Coordination Center, says.<br /> “Efficient Internet governance is feasible only when such major stakeholders as governmental organizations, business community and civil society are engaged in it. There is no way to attain ultimate objectives without constructive interaction between them,”- adds Mikhail Yakushev, the Chairman of the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU,. </p> Wed, 12 May 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=840 On 15 April 2010 the registry of ccTLD .RU has been transferred to a completely new system of registration. <p>On 15 April 2010 the registry of ccTLD <strong>.RU</strong> has been transferred to a completely new system of registration. It was just shortly before the move that ccTLD <strong>.SU</strong> was transferred to the same system of registration. From its onset ccTLD <strong>.ÐÔ</strong> started functioning already in the new system of registration<strong>. </strong>The transfer of ccTLD .RU to the new system of registration required a individual special preparation, because the quantity of domain names therein has already outnumbered<strong> 2.7 million.</strong> </p> <p> Notwithstanding that and the fact that ccTLD <strong>.RU</strong> is already 16-plus year old, the market has not by far been saturated, and the 2010 growth rate has remained at the 2009 level (35-37%) – a phenomenal pace, as far as European and other overseas TLDs are concerned.</p> <p> The new registration system is more up-to-date from the perspective of both its architecture and disaster-proof features. It provides for a possibility for backup in various regions of Russia. The server capacity has also been increased.<br /> The new system of registration is designed for <strong>EPP</strong> protocol. It also compatible with CEP protocol, DRTP and CEP transport, with SMTP (ESMTP) transport.</p> <p> The new system of registration represents a unique designer product. It has been granted certificate of state registration program for computer systems ¹ 2010611644. The certificate was issued by the Federal service for intellectual property, patents and trade marks  and entered in the registry for computer programs on 1 March 2010, and The Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU holds the respective rights.</p> <p> Overall, the new system of registration will be much faster and more stable, as well as capable of prompt processing of the constantly increasing expansion of Russian national top-level domains (<strong>.RU</strong> and <strong>.</strong><strong>ÐÔ</strong>).</p> Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=837 Commissioned by the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU, from 5 through 11 April 3DNews company was running a custom-made survey on its web site on the subject of &quot;Registration of domain name in zone .ÐÔ&quot;. <p><strong>Commissioned by the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU,</strong> from 5 through 11 April <a href="http://www.3dnews.ru">3DNews</a> company was running a custom-made <strong>survey</strong> on its web site on the subject of <strong>“Registration of domain name in zone</strong> <strong>.</strong><strong>ÐÔ</strong><strong>”</strong><strong>. As many as 5,750 (22.85%)  out of a total of nearly 25,000 respondents gave a positive answer to the question “Are you going to register domain name in zone .</strong><strong>ÐÔ</strong><strong>?”</strong> <br /> <br /> Respondents were offered three closed questions: </p> <ol> <li>Are you going to register a domain name in zone .ÐÔ?</li> <li>What do you need a Cyrillic domain for?</li> <li>Have you got domain name (s) in ccTLD .RU?</li> </ol> <p>It is worth noting that a third of respondents (30%) already have gotten a minimum of one registered domain name in ccTLD .RU.</p> <p> Survey findings once again proved there is a keen interest in the new Cyrillic domain and a willingness to complement domain names in ccTLD .RU with those in ccTLD .ÐÔ.</p> <p> An extra question aimed at justifying wish to have a domain name in ccTLD <strong>.</strong><strong>ÐÔ</strong> has shown that just 40% of respondents have a clear idea about the purpose of the new domain name registration. A substantial fraction of respondents (16.1%) will register domain name in zone <strong>.</strong><strong>ÐÔ</strong> in order to create a new site. The second most popular answer (14.19%) was “for rerouting to the already existing site”. The remaining 60% remain undecided as yet.<br /> The allocation of responses to the questions is given in the figure below: </p> <p><img src="/files/images/news/diagram.gif" width="540" height="351" border="0"/></p> Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0400 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=676 First Russian Internet&nbsp;&nbsp;Governance Forum co-sponsored by the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU and the&nbsp;&nbsp;RF Ministry of Telecom and Mass Media will be held on 13-14 May 2010 at Expocenter&nbsp;&nbsp;at Krasnaya Presnia. <p>First Russian Internet Governance Forum co-sponsored by the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU and the RF Ministry of Telecom and Mass Media will be held on 13-14 May 2010 at Expocenter at Krasnaya Presnia.</p> <p>The concept of “Internet governance” is an uncharted territory for most Russian Internet users. Nevertheless, the issue of Internet regulation emerged in the late 20th century and was a hot potato even at the very onset. Today, it is understood as the development and application by Governments, the private sector and civil society, in their respective roles, of shared principles, norms, rules, decision-making procedures, and programs that shape the evolution and use of the Internet. Internet governance both in global and national and regional terms suggests contribution of all the noted parties, since each of them has its own professional views and approaches to this sphere. Specialists in the field of telecommunications center on development of the technological infrastructure, software engineers focus on development of various types of standards, scripts and applications, while communication specialists’ schwerpunkt is simplification of information exchange. Policy makers accentuate the gravity of issues of societal progress boosted by the Internet development and such challenges as the combat for a safer Internet or protection of children therein.</p> <p>The purpose of the Russian IGF is to unite all the stakeholders’ points of view and hold a debate in a search of consensus between government agencies, professional telecommunication and business community, and civil society on the future of the Internet in Russia. This IGF should serve as a starting point for fueling Russian representatives’ propensity for a vigorous engagement in the international organizations dealing with the Internet governance.</p> <p>It is envisaged that representatives of the RF government, executives of major Russian corporations, telecom experts, renowned public figures and representatives of foreign Internet organizations will take part in the RIGF, including representatives of the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the ICANN, and the ITU, among others.</p> <p>The organizers are hopeful the Russian IGF will lay the foundation for a broad public discussion on means and tools of Internet governance. The event will grow into a platform for a dialogue between Russian and foreign organizations on Internet governance. The RIGF agenda will provide for discussion on the following issues:</p> <ul> <li>Internet governance;</li> <li> security issues in the Internet;</li> <li> managing the critical infrastructure of the Internet;</li> <li> internationalized domain names (IDNs);</li> <li> legislation and government regulation in the Internet;</li> <li> liquidation of the digital divide; transparency and protection of private life in the Internet;</li> <li> diversity (cultural heritage) in the Internet;</li> <li> what’s up next: the future of the Internet âçãëÿä â çàâòðàøíèé äåíü.</li> </ul> <p>Plenary sessions, roundtables and panel discussions will be open for all the participants during two active days of the meeting. All meeting’s acts will be open for representatives of Russian and foreign mass media. <br /> For detailed information on Russian IGF and accreditation for mass media please visit <a href="http://russia2010.intgov.net/">http://russia2010.intgov.net/</a> </p> <p>***<br /> <strong><em>History of the global Internet governance forums</em></strong><br /> The final document of the World Summit on the Information Society which took place in Tunisia in 2005 contained detailed information on the issue of Internet governance. Decision on the global Internet Governance Forum was taken at that summit. Internet governance Forum was a compromise among staunch opponents to any modifications in the Internet governance regime, which is based on ICANN’s principles and proponents of an intergovernmental Internet governance regime. There have been already four IGF meetings to date: in 2006 – in Athens, in 2007 – in Rio-De-Janeiro, in 2008 – in Hyderabad and in 2009 – in Sharm El Sheikh. The fifth annual IGF Meeting will be held in Vilnius in September 2010. </p> <p>Nowadays the global IGF represents a new model of international discussion on the Internet governance issues. This is a multilateral institution established on initiative of the UN Secretary General. The recent trend has become holding regional and national IGFs to discuss technical, organizational and legal issues of the Internet use.<br /> <a href="http://www.intgovforum.org">http://www.intgovforum.org</a> </p> Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=673 The Coordination Center for TLD .RU submits to the Internet community its 2009 Annual Report for consideration. <p>The Coordination Center for TLD .RU submits to the Internet community its 2009 Annual Report for consideration.<br /> The report contains information which positions the Coordination Center as an open, financially transparent and democratically run public national Internet organization.<br /> In 2009 the Coordination Center has solidified its position as manager of the national ccTLD .RU. The number of second-level domain names is up by 37%. Russia’s ccTLD has been unbeatable in terms of its growth rate vis-a-vis other national ccTLDs.</p> <p> The launch of the IDN ccTLD has undoubtedly become a project of a paramount significance for the Coordination Center. The Coordination Center continues its work on its organizational and technological aspects. <br /> It is envisaged that at the first stage of the priority registration with the deadline on 25 March 2010, as many as 10, 000 second-level domains will be registered on applications from Cyrillic trademarks owners.<br /> By the end of March, the Coordination Center shall have also completed processing incoming applications for reservation of second-level domain names in ccTLD .ÐÔ for the government needs. <br /> In 2009 the Coordination Center participated in a number of key industry events aimed at development of the Internet in Russia and supported a whole lot of social initiatives, and became an active participant of the Year of Safer Internet, under the aegis of which it hosted several roundtables and ran on safer Internet for the younger generation.<br /> The CC’s Annual Report contains both complete information on financial statements and comprehensive statistical data on domain names registration in ccTLD .RU. These data undoubtedly evidence that the CC’s plans for 2009 have been successfully accomplished. </p> <p> The CC’s 2010 core mission remains a successful completion of the launch of the IDN ccTLD and the inception of an open registration of Cyrillic second-level domains for everybody. At the same time, the Coordination Center is committed to further vigorously contribute to the development of the domain space in Russia. The lion’s share of the Coordination Center’s initiatives will focus on bolstering its international activity. The year of 2009 saw serious steps were made in this direction. It’s about time the Russian national registry became a full-fledged arm of the international Internet-community.</p> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=672 At its im presentia meeting on March 2, 2010, the Registrars’ Committee elected&nbsp;&nbsp;its new Chairman <p>At its <em>im presentia</em> meeting on March 2, 2010, the Registrars’ Committee elected its new Chairman from two candidates running for the Chairmanship - Alexander Panov, the  managing partner of “Hosting Community” holding  and Andrey Kondakov,  General Manager of “Naunet SP”Ltd.<br /> By vote return Mr. Andrey Kondakov has been elected a new Chairman of the Registrars’ Committee<br /> <br /> <strong>Andrey Borisovich Kondakov (bionote)</strong><br /> <em>Date of birth:</em> 17 May 1967 <br /> <em>Training:</em> <br /> -MA in automatic systems, MIPhI, 1990;  <br /> -post-graduate training, MIPhI,  1995. <br /> <em>Employment record:</em> <br /> -currently: General Manager , “Naunet SP”Ltd.<br /> -previously: Director for Development, “Zenon N.C.P.” <br /> Mr. Kondakov served on the Council of the Coordination Center for ccTLD .RU.</p> Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=644 Now DNS-requests to Russian Internet resources will be handled faster <p><strong>Moscow, February 10, 2010</strong> –Coordination Center for national top level domains .RU and .ÐÔ and Technical Center of Internet, announce about putting into service of the tenth node for domain zones of Russia. New node put into operation in partnership with <a href="http://www.msk-ix.ru/">MSK-IX</a>. This node will cover domains in zones .RU, .SU and .ÐÔ. New DNS-node will make handling DNS requests coming from users of North America faster.</p> <p> Connectivity to US networks will be provided by connection to NYIIX traffic exchange point in New York and to IP port of the global carrier <a href="http://www.tatacommunications.com/about/offices.asp">Tata Communications</a>. Network access circuits are also provided by Tata Communications. The same company is providing Managed Security Services to protect the node against DDoS attacks.</p> <p>During first days of operation the new node took about 20% of total load of DNS-network of national top level domains of Russia. DNS-network now consists of 10 nodes located in 7 federal districts of Russia, and also in Europe and America.</p> <p>Use of IP-anycast technology, Internet users’ requests to domain names are handled by nearest DNS-node using shortest network routes with fastest response time. Besides this, IP-anycast technology ensures interchangeability of DNS-nodes and improves stability of DNS services against network attacks and outages in Internet networks. Maintenance and twenty-four-hour monitoring is provided by MSK-IX specialists.</p> Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=637 On 9 February 2010 the inauguration Forum on Safe Internet was held in Moscow. The RF Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications and the Organizing Committee of the Year of Safe Internet became its organizers. The Coordination Center for TLD .RU was the official partner of the Forum. <p>On 9 February 2010 the inauguration Forum on Safe Internet was held in Moscow. The RF Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications and the Organizing Committee of the Year of Safe Internet became its organizers. The Coordination Center for TLD .RU was the official partner of the Forum. </p> <p> In February 2009, a number of non-government and business organizations, including the Coordination Center for TLD .RU decided holding the Year of Safe Internet in Russia. Its initiators and organizers have set a goal to unite efforts of the whole society, rather than individual organizations to protect children from the risks posed by the cyberspace. The Forum demonstrated the efforts were united indeed, and already today the work is underway on interaction between non-government and commercial organizations in support of a safe digital environment wherein children and teenagers can feel safe. </p> <p> In his presentation at the Forum, Andrey Kolesnikov, director of the Coordination Center for TLD .RU, emphasized that the Internet is a family of channels, protocols and data saving and processing systems whose content is supplied by its users. “Today, the Internet has become a mirror to our society – the Russian and global ones. Some are inclined to consider it an image-distorting mirror. However, it most likely reflects advantages and emphasizes drawbacks of what we face in our everyday life.” </p> <p> “The Year of Safe Internet has demonstrated that it is impossible to fight negative content in the Internet only by technical means, only by way of legislation, and as everyone for himself. It is impossible to exterminate criminal content in the Web, just as it is impossible to do offline. However, it is plausible to substantially minimize influence of the negative content on children, providing we act together,” wrapped up Andrey Kolesnikov. ‘The Coordination Center has signed the Declaration “For Safety of Children and the Young in the Internet.’ Now it is the society, government and the Internet industry’s turn to make concrete steps on minimizing the influence of the negative content on children and youth.” </p> <p> «At the Forum a roundtable “Development of mechanisms for the professional Internet community interaction aimed at protection of the younger generation from the Internet threats” was held. Its organizers and moderators were Julia Ovchinnikova, member of the Council of the Coordination Center for TLD .RU and co-chair of the Program committee of the Year of Safe Internet, and Alexander Panov, managing partner of Hosting Community. At the roundtable, its participants discussed a draft Agreement of Russian hosting providers on promotion of safety for the minor Internet users from unlawful actions. The Agreement became the result of activities by the ad-hoc group known as “OFISP 2.0”, whish had been established by the Coordination Center for TLD .RU within the framework of the Year of Safe  Internet. The Group united leading lawyers, Internet community representatives, domain registrars, Internet providers and reps from the Ministry of Interior. </p> <p> The roundtable participants stressed the importance of, and of the need in such an Agreement. Leading telecom operators have already taken the path of protecting the minors’ interests on the Internet and the Agreement will give a further boost to coordination of major Internet participants’ operations in this area. In particular, in his presentation “Providing for safety of the Internet users as a part of an operator’s social responsibility” Andrey Alexeev, director of the department  for service networks of “Komstar-OTC” asserted that many provisions included in the Agreement had already been present in the operator’s Contract Offer.  <br /> Mr. Yaroslav Bykhovsky, development director of the program “1 student – 1 computer” of the Intel Corporation in Russia/CIS maintained that the Intel Corporation introduces the Internet to the younger generation by providing students with free laptops.</p> <p> Mikhail Kondrashin, director general of ZAO “APL” Company presented a model of a threat to the minor Internet users. “We should not reduce child’s protection in the Internet merely to a fencing him off from the undesirable information,” noted Mr. Kondrashin. “Our goal is to train a child not to relay excessive information in the Internet.” </p> <p> Alexander Panov, the roundtable moderator, spoke in detail about the work on the Agreement and what had been behind its rise. “No matter how much protective technologies improve, there will always be those who will manage to bypass these network filters and shields. That is why, even in the early 2000s the Open Forum ISPs developed a social document on combating spam which subsequently was introduced in contract offers by the majority of service providers. Today, we want to replicate this experience and create similar sectoral regulations which will help protecting the younger generation from the threats in the Internet,” said Mr. Panov.</p> <p> Summarizing on the discussion, Julia Ovchinnikova noted that the work on the Agreement is continuing and all concerned individuals and organizations are invited to partake in the discussion. “I’m happy the first discussion of the Agreement has stirred such interest. Many questions have arisen for professional analysis and together we will find answers to them. We are developing a document whose provisions, as we hope, all hosting providers would like to employ in their contracts. The Year of Safe Internet is ending. However, we will continue our work for a safer Internet in the years to come,” concluded she.</p> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=636 Mr. Andrey Kolesnikov, the director of the Coordination Center&nbsp;&nbsp;for TLD .RU, highlights on the recent Internet evolution in Russia. <p>Mr. Andrey Kolesnikov, the director of the Coordination Center for TLD .RU, highlights on the recent Internet evolution in Russia. <a href="http://www.russia.ru/video/diskurs_9763/">See the interview</a> </p> Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300 http://www.cctld.ru/en/news/news_detail.php?ID=635 On 3 February 2010 the Firmbook portal held an online conference “TLD .ÐÔ as the new dimension OF INTERNET in russia”. trends and outlooks <p>On 3 February 2010 the Firmbook portal held an online conference “TLD .ÐÔ as the new dimension OF INTERNET in russia”. trends and outlooks </p> <p>Leading Internet experts <strong>Andrey Kolesnikov</strong>, Director of the Coordination Center for TLD .RU, <strong>Alexey Koroluyk</strong>, member of an ad-hoc group on development of the domain name registration procedures in the Cyrillic ccTLD .ÐÔ and General Director of REG.RU Company, <strong>Alexander Levashov</strong>, Director of CNews portal, <strong>Gizbert Mrozek</strong>, Editor-in-Chief of www.aktuell.ru / <a href="http://www.moskau.ru/">www.moskau.ru</a>, and <strong>Ilia Alexeev</strong>, Development Director,  “Comandir.taxi” Company went online to answer the Internet audience’s questions.  </p> <p> <strong>Andrey Kolesnikov</strong> briefed on first results of the priority reservation in ccTLD .ÐÔ, has made public dates when TLD .ÐÔ would be put in service and answered the Internet users’ questions on second-level domain names registration in TLD .ÐÔ.</p> <p> “Our application for registration of the Cyrillic ccTLD .ÐÔ has been accepted by the ICANN,” said Mr. Kolesnikov, “which means that now we have to pass only technical procedure of domain delegation at the IANA. We do not set a deadline for this procedure – it is up to IANA. However, usually putting a domain on the root servers takes several months. In other words, we expect that TLD .ÐÔ will be delegated to Russia as early as March - early April 2010.”<br /> The audience raised questions about an alleged second-level domain name “ãàðàíò-ïàðê-òåëåêîì.ðô” functioning in the test mode. The users came to believe TLD .ðô had started operating. As Mr. Kolesnikov explained, “the domain has started operating only in the test mode. Practically, TLD .ðô does not exist as yet. How can second-level domains fully function in it? It is expected that the test mode will last through the delegation of TLD .ðô. That is to say, in order to be able to see domain ãàðàíò-ïàðê-òåëåêîì.ðô, one has to manually adjust his/her DNS-server.” </p> <p> Yet again there have been questions regarding users’ keenness about the Cyrillic country code domain. Mr. Kolesnikov noted, “Time will decide. I can not say for sure whether TLD .ðô is bound for popularity. But I think it will be. It is connected with peculiarities of our language. We have learnt to speak, read and write in Russian. We think in Russian. That’s the basic framework.” </p> <p> As a member of the ad-hoc group on the development of the domain name registration procedures in TLD .ðô, <strong>Alexey Koroluyk</strong> answered questions regarding domain name registration in TLD .ðô.</p> <p> He clarified all controversies around the priority reservation in the new TLD and elaborated on the registration procedures therein. “Development of the registration Terms and Conditions is a milestone, and we tackled the problem with a great deal of responsibility”, said Mr. Koroluyk. “Procedures have turned out to be really impressive. They have been developed by a team of pros, repeatedly discussed with state officials and the Internet community and approved by the CC’s Council.” As for the envisaged demand for the new IDN-TLD, Mr. Koroluyk noted, “Already today, 2 thousand-plus new domain names in TLD .RU have got the RF key in their names. This fact signifies that the future .ÐÔ zone even now has .RU projection, which directly references to the future demand.” </p> <p> During the final stage of the Internet conference the REG.RU staff arranged an online consultation on TLD .ðô, and the Internet users could ask any specific question on the subject, including how, where, and when it will be possible to register a given domain, whether it complies requirements with the Cyrillic domains, among others. </p> <p> The full version of the online conference can be seen at: <br /> <a href="http://rutube.ru/tracks/2896333.html?v=b6db95ad5cd2a27ed65c8838c765a444">part 1</a> <br /> <a href="http://rutube.ru/tracks/2898532.html?v=347c18a6594dd8824722abb92ef6ced0">part 2</a> </p> Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0300