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The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page. (May 2008) |
| Introduced | Never |
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| TLD type | Internationalised top-level domain |
| Status | Speculated |
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| Intended use | Entities connected with  Russia |
| Actual use | Not implemented |
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.рф (Russian: Российская Федерация, Russian Federation) is a hypothetical future Internet top-level domain for use by the Russian Federation. It may possibly be introduced at some point in the future.[1]
If this domain is created, some speculate that site names in this new domain may be in Cyrillic alphabet onlycitation needed.
The direct transcription of "ru" into Cyrillic, "ру", or abbreviation of "Russia/Россия", "ро", may be avoided in order not to be confused with "py"/"po" in Latin letters which refer to Paraguay and a yet unassigned code respectively.
References
- ^ "Пресс-конференция «Итоги развития российского национального домена RU в 2007 году»" (in Russian). Coordinating Center of National domain. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
External links
- «National domain RU in 2007» (Russian)
- Cyrillic domain ".рф" will be introduced in 2008 (Russian)
- ICANN country-code name supporting organisation
- timetable
- Discussion by GNSO about which IDN ccTLD to use for each country.
