On August 12, the director and founders of the Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ reached an agreement on an organizational format.
The Parties decided that the Coordination Center would remain an autonomous non-profit organization, and outlined priorities for future joint efforts.
Andrei Kolesnikov, Director of the Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ, made the following statement: “As of today, all the outstanding differences between the Coordination Center’s executive body and its founders have been settled. It was decided to maintain the organizational format as it is in order to provide for the stable operation of national domain zones. Russia has every right to be proud of its national domains and is still number one in the world in terms of domain names registered in national languages. This, to a large extent, is due to efforts by the Coordination Center. We have agreed that on September 3, when I return from my vacation, the founders will hold a regular meeting, during which the director will deliver a performance report for the first six months of 2015. A new council, the main expert body of the Coordination Center, will be formed in the near future.”
“The framework for the government’s involvement with the Coordination Center remains in place. The founders will take the necessary steps to develop the existing processes with respect to the national registry and reach out to various experts for managing the Coordination Center and enhancing its international profile,” Sergei Grebennikov, representative of the Regional Public Center for Internet Technology, said.
The Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ was established in 2001 by four organizations: the Regional Public Center for Internet Technology, the Russian Association of Networks and Services, the Internet Operator’s Union, and the Russian Institute of Public Networks. The Russian national domain space (.RU and .РФ) currently count about 6 million domains.
Coordination Center founders held their first general meeting on May 25, 2015, during which they approved new Articles of Association. Russian law regarding non-profit organizations was recently amended, and now requires the founders to be involved in running the organization and be fully liable for its operations.
On July 28, 2015, the new Articles of Association were registered with the Russian Ministry of Justice. The new version confers a bigger role to the founders and the government in running the national registry, while the elected Council of the Coordination Center remains in place.
