Domain name system, Cyrillic domain name 2nd Central Asia Internet Symposium – 2 March 2016 By Andrey Romanov, CCTLD.ru

1. .RU/.РФ in 2015:
Taking stock
and looking ahead
An update for 2nd Central Asia Internet Symposium
Dushanbe, Tajikistan
2 March 2016
Andrey Romanov
Coordination Center .RU/.РФ

2. NEW FOUNDERS, NEW BODIES,
NEW CEO, SAME SPIRIT
Council
Director
 Russian Association of Networks and Services (RANS)- NGO NPO, Technical
 Union of Internet Operators- NGO NPO, Technical
 Regional Center of Internet Technologies- NPO, Technical
 Russian Institute for Public Networks (RIPN)- NPO, Academic
 Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation- Gov’t
 Institute of Internet Development- NPO, At-Large
Board of Founders

3. 2015! What a Year!
• Number of challenges …but
• …new opportunities …

4. 2015! Challenges…
• Low domain price (less than 1 dollar, because of Ruble drop)
Low prices are attractive for cybercriminals
Russian Registrars can sell gTLDs with more profit
• Few Registrars
34 Registrars and more than 6, 000 .000 domains
2 Registrars hold 76% of the market
• Falling Rub
The same revenue and soaring costs
Wrong time to raise prices
• Lack of domestic soft- and hardware manufacturers
We are used to use foreign equipment
Prices for equipment about 2 times higher than 2years ago

5. 2016! New opportunities…
• Cooperation with Registrars
More active Registrars get more benefits
Joint promotion campaigns
On-condition marketing actions (Registrars should sign up
for a campaign)
• Investigating to choose new technical platform
• Education: lectures, articles, awareness raising
• R&D, and launch of new services
• Looking for new markets

6. .RU STATISTICS
.RU, end-2015
 5,040,278 registrations
 Year-on-year growth – +180.820 (+3.7%)
 New registrations in 2015 – 1,655.058
 Cancellations in 2015 – 1,474.238
 34 accredited registrars

7. NEW HEIGHTS
5 November 2015, .RU hit the 5,000.000 mark

8. NEW HEIGHTS
5 November 2015, .RU hit the 5,000.000 mark

9. .РФ STATISTICS
.РФ, end-2015
 864,340 registrations
 Year-on-year growth – +29.159 (+3.5%)
 New registrations in 2015 – 271.953
 Cancellations in 2015 – 242.794
 34 accredited registrars

10. EVENTS IN 2015
7 April, 2015, Moscow – the 6th Russian
Internet Governance Forum (RIGF).
Almost 500 participants from 27 countries.
8–11 September, 2015, Yerevan, Armenia
– TLDCON 2015 (the 8th International
conference for ccTLD registries and
registrars of CIS, Central and Eastern
Europe)

11. What’s up? Business
as Usual
EVENTS;
MARKETING, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

12. PLANS FOR 2016
 Improved Inter-Registrar Transfer Procedure in .RU and .РФ
 Efforts to increase the number of accredited registrars across Russia –
wide
 In-house MS Committees on:
- Intellectual Property;
- Internet Governance;
- Infrastructure;
- Regulatory
 The Registrars’ Committee

13. INTERNATIONAL EVENTS IN 2016
 7 April 2016, Moscow – the 7th Russian Internet Governance Forum
(RIGF-2016)
 7-8 September 2016, Tbilisi, Georgia – the 9th International
conference for ccTLD registries and registrars of CIS, Central and
Eastern Europe (TLDCON-2016)

14. SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES
 The First All-Russia IP & IT Law Contest (in
collaboration with the Moscow State Law University).
 The 5th nationwide «Study the Internet – Govern it!»
online competition
 The Positive Content competition (award for the
best educational websites for children and youth)
 Dot-Journalism Award (award for journalists that
keep their readers, listeners and viewers informed on
the domain industry in Russia as well as on safer
Internet browsing and legal aspects of using the
global network)

15. THANK YOU!
cctld.ru/кц.рф