On April 7, 2015 Russian ccTLD .RU turned 21. For the last 5 years the .RU domain grew 1.8 times or by 2.2 million domain names. In total there are almost 4.9 million domain names registered in the .RU domain as of April 7, 2015. 1.8 million administrators operate them. 31 domain name registrars are accredited in the .RU as of today.
As of today .RU is one of the largest ccTLDs in the world; it occupies the 6th place among all ccTLDs and 4th place among European domains. Among all top-level domains .RU is one of the biggest and holds 10th place in the global hierarchy.
In honor of .RU’s birthday Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ prepared a gift for registrars and users. During the day, from 00:00 till 24:00 on April 7th, 2015 Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ gave a 21% discount to registrars for all new domain name registrations in .RU domain. The discount corresponds with the number of years the domain turns – 21. The list of the registrars that participated in the promotion could be found on Coordination Center’s webpage.
Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ congratulates everyone on .RU domain’s birthday and thanks its partners: registrars, government representatives and the whole Russian Internet community for the joint work on development and prosperity of the Russian ccTLD .RU!
