.ru
.ru is the Latin alphabet Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Russia introduced on 7 April 1994. The Russian alphabet internationalized country code is .рф.
| Introduced | 7 April 1994 |
|---|---|
| TLD type | Country code top-level domain |
| Status | Active |
| Registry | Coordination Center for TLD RU |
| Intended use | Entities connected with Russia |
| Actual use | Very popular in Russia |
| Registered domains | 5,381,137 (January 2018) |
| Structure | Registrations are permitted directly at the second level; third-level registrations are also possible under the rule of the official registry |
| Documents | Documents |
| Dispute policies | None |
| DNSSEC | yes |
| Registry website | cctld.ru |
Control of .ru is assigned to the Coordination Center for TLD RU (CC for TLD RU), the current official registry. On 1 January 2005, the former registry, the Russian Institute for Public Networks (RIPN), stopped new registrations directly under .ru, but still carried out registry operations for domain names under the second-level domains .com.ru, .net.ru, .org.ru and .pp.ru.
The company RELCOM also proposes third-level registrations beneath various second-level domains such as .msk.ru (Moscow), while Macomnet Telcom proposes third-level registrations beneath .int.ru simultaneously.