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* On March 1, the [[CENTR]] Board [https://centr.org/news/news/suspension-ru.html suspended] the membership of the [[Coordination Center for TLD RU]]/РФ immediately.

* The [[ICANN Board]] [https://domainnamewire.com/2022/03/08/icann-chips-in-to-keep-internet-working-in-ukraine/ approved to set aside US$1 million of its funds to keep the internet working in Ukraine]. ICANN also suspended the contractual requirement that registrars cancel domains that haven’t been renewed.

* Also on March 1, [https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/ukraine-icann-russia-internet-runet-disconnection-1314278/ Rolling Stone reported] that Ukrainian officials asked ICANN in an [https://pastebin.com/DLbmYahS email] to revoke [[Domain Name|domains]] issued in Russia and shut down primary [[DNS]] servers in the country, effectively barring access to Russian internet sites and potentially taking the entire country offline. [[Andrii Nabok]], a Ukraine representative to the [[GAC]], sent the request.

* [[ICANN 73]], [https://73.schedule.icann.org/ ICANN's community forum meeting], ends today!

* In response, on March 2, 2022, [[ICANN CEO]] [[Goran Marby]] [https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/tech/ukraine-russia-internet-icann/index.html denied the request, explaining that] "...the Internet is a decentralized system. No one actor has the ability to control it or shut it down...Our mission does not extend to taking punitive actions, issuing sanctions, or restricting access against segments of the Internet -- regardless of the provocations."

* [[ICANN 73]], [https://73.schedule.icann.org/ ICANN's community forum meeting], is happening this week!

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