The Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ operations are to ensure the reliable and stable functioning of the ccTLDs .RU and .РФ.
The Coordination Center is the copyright holder of the “Main Register of Domain Names of the .RU” and “Main Register of Domain Names of the .РФ” databases, registered with the Federal Institute of Industrial Property under numbers 2018670008 and 2018670007, respectively.
One of the activities of the Coordination Center is the implementation of these databases by granting the right to use these databases on the basis of a license agreement to the Technical Center, authorized by the Coordination Center to register domain names in the national top-level domains .RU and .РФ.
What is the “Main Register of Domain Names” and what significance does it have for the functioning of the Russian segment of the Internet (Runet), the Internet and information technology in general?
The existing Domain Name System (DNS) has a hierarchical structure, providing for the division of domain names into domains of the first (top) level (Top-Level Domain; hereinafter referred to as TLD), as well as second and third domains levels.
TLD includes 3 groups of domains:
Ensuring the stable operation of each ccTLD on the Internet requires, first of all, the creation and maintenance of an up-to-date database of second-level domain names registered in the corresponding ccTLD. Such databases on the official ICANN website in the glossary and in official documents of the Coordination Center are called “registries”
Organizations that carry out the functions of administration and technical support of top-level domains are usually called “administrators of ccTLDs” in domestic practice. The operator of the .RU and .РФ registries (the administrator of the national domains .RU and .РФ) is the Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ.
The main goal of the Coordination Center is to ensure stable operation of the national domains .RU and .РФ on the Internet, which creates the basis for the infrastructure of the Russian segment of the Internet.
The Coordination Center, having retained the administrative functions of the administrator of the national domains .RU and .РФ, delegated the execution of technical functions to the Technical Center, acting as the technical operator of the .RU and .РФ, granting the latter the right to use the Main Domain Registries under a license agreement.
To fulfill these functions, TCI technically and technologically ensures the uninterrupted functioning of the DNS infrastructure in terms of the .RU and .РФ, thereby creating conditions for the stable operation of both the domain name system of the Russian segment of the Internet and the global Internet as a whole.
In 2010, the Coordination Center for Top Level National Domains established a special award, Virtuti Interneti (Service to the Internet) unique in the Runet.
It is awarded to representatives of the worldwide web community, business, sciences and the government who have made a significant contribution to the development of the Runet and the global Internet. Candidates are shortlisted by the Programs Committee of the Russian Internet Governance Forum (RIGF), and the awards ceremony and subsequent lecture by the winner have become a tradition for the RIGF program.
The Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ is guided in its activities by global experience in domain name registration. The Center participates actively in international events and initiatives for national domain administrators.
The Center works directly with other countries’ national registries. It is a member of global and regional international organizations, where it represents the interests of the Russian internet community.
The Center also organizes annual events in Russia attended by participants from other countries attend in order to share experience and best practices in developing the domain and address space, as well as Internet governance.
The Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ works closely with various foreign and international organizations with which it works closely.
