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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; in began offering the first auction services in 2007, and domain parking services in 2008.<ref>[http://www.nic.ru/about/en/ About RU CENTER]</ref>

'''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.<ref>[http://www.nic.ru/about/en/ About RU CENTER]</ref>

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.

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 ipgeobase]</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 [[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 domain names, and 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 ripn]</ref> an organization that supported the origins of Internet technologies in Russia. Today, the company supports more than 3 million domain names, and 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>

From 2010 to 2011, under the New gTLD Program, RU-CENTER initiated the introduction of the domains [[.moscow]]/[[.москва]]<ref>http://domainmoscow.org</ref> for the needs of the Russian capital, as well as domains for the cultural and linguistic communities represented in the country (project RUCLID).<ref>http://ruclid.org</ref> The idea of creating a domain for Moscow's cultural and linguistic communities has become the first Russian start-up planned under the New gTLD Program.

From 2010 to 2011, under the New gTLD Program, RU-CENTER initiated the introduction of the domains [[.moscow]]/[[.москва]]<ref>http://domainmoscow.org</ref> for the needs of the Russian capital, as well as domains for the cultural and linguistic communities represented in the country (project RUCLID).<ref>[http://ruclid.org ruclid]</ref> The idea of creating a domain for Moscow's cultural and linguistic communities has become the first Russian start-up planned under the New gTLD Program.

In November 2010, RU-CENTER was ordered by The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to return $8.5 million, earned through the illegal auction of [[.rf]] domains. RU-CENTER was accused of selling [[.rf]] domains without having the permission to do so, according to the laws of Russia for domain auction.<ref>[http://news.hostexploit.com/hosts-and-registrars-news/4931-ru-center-to-return--millions-after-investigation-.html HostExploit News]</ref> The trial is still continuing.

In November 2010, RU-CENTER was ordered by The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) to return $8.5 million, earned through the illegal auction of [[.rf]] domains. RU-CENTER was accused of selling [[.rf]] domains without having the permission to do so, according to the laws of Russia for domain auction.<ref>[http://news.hostexploit.com/hosts-and-registrars-news/4931-ru-center-to-return--millions-after-investigation-.html HostExploit News]</ref> The trial is still continuing.