.su Introduced 1990 TLD type Country code top-level domain Status Active Registry Russian Institute for Public Networks Sponsor Russian Institute for Public Networks Intended use Entities from the post-Soviet states Actual use Entities from the post-Soviet states Registration restrictions None Structure Registrations are permitted directly at the second level Dispute policies None Website RUcenter DNSSEC no

.su was assigned as the country code top-level domain for the Soviet Union on September 19 1990. It remains in use today even though the Soviet Union itself no longer exists and is administered by the Russian Institute for Public Networks (RIPN or RosNIIROS in Russian transcription).

In 2001 the managers of the domain stated that they will commence accepting new .su registrationscitation needed but it is unclear whether this action is compatible with ICANN policies. ICANN has expressed intentions to terminate the .su domainwhen and the IANA states that the domain is being phased out1 but lobbyists stated in September 2007 that they had started negotiations with ICANN on retaining the domain.2 In the first quarter of 2008 .su registrations increased by 45%.3

80829 domain names were registered by August 9 2009.4

Some famous Russian companies having their roots in the USSR are still using this extension.5 See also .ru Runet . References IANA .su - Soviet Union (being phased out) Kilner James (2007-09-19). "USSR still alive on Internet and won't go quietly". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL1986480720070919. Retrieved 2007-12-05.  Back in the USSR: Soviet Internet domain name resists death Mansur Mirovalev writing for Associated Press 2008-04-18 Statistics of registrations under the .su domain (2009-08-09). Accessed 2009-08-10. Archived 2009-08-13. For example http://www.sai.msu.su is the website of Sternberg Astronomical Institute. External links Statistics of registrations under the .su domain RIPN press release regarding future of .su domain v d eCountry code top-level domains  ISO 3166-1

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