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'''.moscow''' is a proposed new [[GeoTLD| geographical TLD]] to [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD expansion program]] by the [[Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development]] (FAITID), a non-profit organization dedicated in developing and implementing initiatives to increase the use of Internet in Russian community and internationally. <ref name "About TLDs .MOSCOW and .МОСКВА">[http://www.domainmoscow.org/ About TLDs .MOSCOW and .МОСКВА]</ref>

'''.moscow''' is a proposed new [[GeoTLD| geographical TLD]] to [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program|new gTLD expansion program]] by the [[Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development]] (FAITID), a non-profit organization dedicated in developing and implementing initiatives to increase the use of Internet in Russian community and internationally. <ref>[http://www.domainmoscow.org/ About TLDs .MOSCOW and .МОСКВА]</ref>

The .moscow project was initiated by the [[Coordination Center for TLD RU]] (CC for TLD RU), the registry operator of [[.ru]] ccTLD and [[.РФ]] IDN ccTLD in 2010. The CC for TLD RU transferred the responsibility to manage the project to FAITD in 2011. <ref name="About TLDs .MOSCOW and .МОСКВА"/>

The .moscow project was initiated by the [[Coordination Center for TLD RU]] (CC for TLD RU), the registry operator of [[.ru]] ccTLD and [[.РФ]] IDN ccTLD in 2010. The CC for TLD RU transferred the responsibility to manage the project to FAITD in 2011. <ref>[http://www.domainmoscow.org/ About TLDs .MOSCOW and .МОСКВА]</ref>

FAITD partnered with [[Sedari]], a TLD business management service provider in preparing the application for the .moscow TLD with ICANN. According to FAITID Board Member Dmitry Burkov, the organization is confident with Sedari's expertise on TLD's and ICANN procedures. He said, ''"Implementation  of any TLD is a complicated project with many issues  to resolve. That’s why we’ve chosen Sedari as our strategic international  partner for .MOSCOW and .МОСКВА. Sedari management has the experience and industry knowledge on ICANN that makes us  confident the company is familiar with all the procedures of the corporation, in particular related to  new  TLDs. Together with Sedari  we’ll make the project for Moscow top-level domains successful giving Russian users more choice in the domain name space."'' <ref>

FAITD partnered with [[Sedari]], a TLD business management service provider in preparing the application for the .moscow TLD with ICANN. According to FAITID Board Member Dmitry Burkov, the organization is confident with Sedari's expertise on TLD's and ICANN procedures. He said, ''"Implementation  of any TLD is a complicated project with many issues  to resolve. That’s why we’ve chosen Sedari as our strategic international  partner for .MOSCOW and .МОСКВА. Sedari management has the experience and industry knowledge on ICANN that makes us  confident the company is familiar with all the procedures of the corporation, in particular related to  new  TLDs. Together with Sedari  we’ll make the project for Moscow top-level domains successful giving Russian users more choice in the domain name space."'' <ref>