Blast Zone .рф for the day after the start of open registration of
domain names was among the 20 major domain areas of Europe, according to the website of the Coordination
Center for TLD. During the first day of open registration of the domain .рф registered more than 240,000 names.
To date, the number of domains registered close to 330,000 and more than 45,000 of registered domain is already
delegated.
.RF got into the 20 largest European domain areas and already ahead of the national domain Finland.
Europe's largest national domain is Germany (13.5 million names), followed by the UK (eight million),
Netherlands (3.2 million), a single domain of the European Union (3.1 million). Russian domain zone
.Ru broke the mark of three million domain names in September 2010 and ranked fifth.
.рф Domain Rules:
- Registration is open only to citizens of the Russian Federation as well as legal entities registered in Russia.
- If Registrant is a legal entity (applicable for both Russian and non-Russian entity), a copy of the business certificate is required
- If Registrant is an individual (applicable for both Russian and non-Russian entity), a copy of the passport (personal details and issuance data) is required
- Domain name may only contain Cyrillic symbols, numbers and hypens. Combination of Latin and Cyrillic symbols is not allowed.
- Joint Stock Company "Regional Network Information Center" (JSC RU-NIC) will hold administration right of
the domain for one year and domain administration rights will be transferred to you in the following year in domain renewal