About Coordination center
ANO “Coordination Center for TLD .RU” is the administrator of the national top level domains .RU and .ÐÔ (the national registry). Coordination Center’s principal task is to ensure resilient and stable functioning of the domain names registration system and the DNS infrastructure of the Russian segment of the global Internet.
The Coordination Center for TLD .RU was founded in 2001. Its founders were Russian non-government organizations: the Regional Non-Governmental Center of Internet Technologies, the Union of Internet Operators, the Association of Documental Telecommunications and RIPN Network Information Center. In its operations Coordination Center capitalizes on experiences accumulated by international organizations, such as the ICANN, which regulates issues connected with domain names and IP-addresses, the Center of European National Top Level Registries (CENTR), the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
Coordination Center’s Mission
Expansion of the Internet in the Russian Federation in the interests of the national and global Internet community
What is Coordination Center engaged in?
- administration of national top level domain .RU
- introduction and administration of the new national Cyrillic top level domain .ÐÔ, which will be available to Russian users in 2010
- ensuring technological development of infrastructure of domains .RU/.ÐÔ
- development of procedural documents in the domains .RU/.ÐÔ
- accreditation of registrars (23 for domain .RU and 16 ones - for domain .ÐÔ)
- representation of Russia in international Internet-organizations
- support of social projects aimed at popularization and development of the Internet
Who governs Coordination Center?
The Council is The Coordination Center’s supreme governing body. It consists of 13 experts in address and domain space development and prominent figures of the Russian internet community. Representative of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation is also a member of the Council. The Council members’ term in office does not exceed 3 years. Each year The Coordination Center holds elections for four new members to replace the outgoing ones. The Council appoints The Coordination Center’s Director. Discussion of projects connected with organizational and technical issues of domain names registration in domains .RU and .ÐÔ takes place within the framework of The Coordination Center’s consulting bodies (ad-hoc groups and committees).
The Coordination Center for TLD .RU (domains .RU/.ÐÔ) is the administrator of the domains .RU/.ÐÔ, i.e. serves as the national registry. Registry is the central depository which maintains database of registered domain names and provides their support in the Internet. The Coordination Center for TLD .RU is not a registrar. It does not engage in direct domain names registration, but solely forms the domain name registration policy in the top level domain.
ITC
In 2009 The Coordination Center for TLD .RU (domains .RU/.ÐÔ) and The Internet Development Foundation (registry of the national domain .SU) co-founded The Internet Technical Center (ITC) which provides technical services in support of Principal Registers and the national domain registration system, ensures a smooth functioning of the national domains addressing systems. The move pursues the goal of regulation and facilitation of registration procedures in all the national domain areas, ensuring resilience of Russian national domains .RU, .ÐÔ and .SU, and enhancement of quality of services rendered to registrars.
Registrars
Since 1 June 2001 the accredited by the Coordination Center registrars, carry out Internet domain names registration in Russia. In 2009, their number reached 23. These are companies residing in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Samara; however, all of them have built partnership networks (Internet- and hosting providers, website designers) operating throughout the country. So, anyone eager to have his/her domain registered can do it at his convenience.
Domains .RU and .ÐÔ
As the administrator of the national top level domains .RU and .ÐÔ, the Coordination Center for TLD .RU focuses on popularization of domains .RU and .ÐÔ, a vigorous expansion of domain names use both by private individuals and organizations and, consequently, growth in the number of registered second-level domain names, as well as bolstering the national users’ awareness of the domain names registration system’s functioning. A high level of trust, confidence in stability and resilience of domains .RU and .ÐÔ, as well as a qualified audience enjoying necessary expertise and skills will promote a more active use of the global Internet resources; give boost to the number of Internet users and a further advancement of the Internet in Russia.