.su was assigned as the country code top-level domain for the Soviet Union on 19 September 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 registrations, but it is unclear whether this action is compatible with ICANN...
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.su was assigned as the country code top-level domain for the Soviet Union on 19 September 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 registrations, but it is unclear whether this action is compatible with ICANN policies. ICANN has expressed intentions to terminate the .su domain and IANA states that the domain is being phased out, but lobbyists stated in September 2007 that they had started negotiations with ICANN on retaining the domain. In the first quarter of 2008, .su registrations increased by 45%.
80,829 domain names were registered by 9 August 2009.
Some organizations that have their roots in the USSR are still using this TLD.
In early 2012, the Swiss Security Blog abuse.ch noted that many cybercriminals started to switch from the TLD .ru to ...
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