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'''RU-CENTER''' is Russia's leading [[registrar]] and hosting provider, as well as one of the oldest domain registrars in the country. It is the largest registrar for the [[.ru]], [[.su]], and [[.pФ]] domains. The company provides a full range of registration services and domain names support; as the market leader, the RU-CENTER the first auction services (2007) and domain name parking services (2008) available in Russia.

'''RU-CENTER''' is Russia's leading [[registrar]] and hosting provider, as well as one of the oldest domain registrars in the country. It is the largest registrar for the [[.ru]], [[.su]], and [[.pФ]] domains. The company provides a full range of registration services and domain names support; in began offering the first auction services in 2007, and domain parking services in 2008.

This company is recognized as an expert on the domain name market, and publishes [[Domain Names Magazine]],<ref>http://dn.nic.ru/en</ref> the only industry edition in Russia. In addition, RU-CENTER created and maintains the resource Info.nic.ru,<ref>http://info.nic.ru</ref> which is the most popular Russian site devoted to domain name industry news. Among the company's other information projects are a database of Russian [[IP]] addresses<ref>http://ipgeobase.ru</ref> and a statistics website about the registration of the domain names .ru, .su, and .pФ.

The company is recognized as an expert on the domain name market, and publishes [[Domain Names Magazine]],<ref>http://dn.nic.ru/en</ref> the only industry related publication in Russia. In addition, RU-CENTER created and maintains the resource Info.nic.ru,<ref>http://info.nic.ru</ref> which is the most popular Russian site devoted to domain name industry news. Among the company's other information projects are a database of Russian [[IP Address|IP addresses]]<ref>http://ipgeobase.ru</ref> and a statistics website about the registration of the domain names .ru, .su, and .pФ.

RU-CENTER is actively involved in the global internet community, supporting the [[ICANN]] meetings and other international events. RU-CENTER experts take part in ICANN [[Working Groups]].

RU-CENTER is actively involved in the global Internet community, supporting [[ICANN]] meetings and other international events. RU-CENTER experts take part in ICANN [[Working Groups]].

===History===

===History===

RU-CENTER was founded in 2000, at the beginning of the formation of a distributed domain name registration in Russia. The progenitor of the RU-CENTER was the Russian Institute for Public Networks,<ref>http://www.ripn.net/en/index.html</ref> an organization that supported the origins of Internet technologies in Russia. Today, the company supports more than 3 million of domain names, serves as the registrar for more than 30% of .ru domains, 60% of .su domains, and 60% of .pФ domains. They have an extensive partner network, with more than 6,000 partners in Russia and abroad.<ref>User Submitted</ref>

RU-CENTER was founded in 2000, at the beginning of the formation of a distributed domain name registration in Russia. The progenitor of the RU-CENTER was the Russian Institute for Public Networks,<ref>http://www.ripn.net/en/index.html</ref> an organization that supported the origins of Internet technologies in Russia. Today, the company supports more than 3 million of domain names, serves as the registrar for more than 30% of .ru domains, 60% of .su domains, and 60% of .pФ domains. They have an extensive partner network, with more than 6,000 partners in Russia and abroad.<ref>User Submitted</ref>