1. .РФ update A presentation for APTLD Meeting New Delhi, India, 23 February2012

2. Contents General statistics 1 Customer survey 2 3 4 4

3. Current Statistics As of 20 February 2012, the number of domains in .РФis 781,793 priority registration (from 25-Nov-2009 to 16-Sep-2010) openregistration (from 11-Nov-2010)

4. New Terms & Conditions • Unified terms & conditions in .RU & .РФ were introduced on 11th of November, 2011 • Domain name lifecycle: • Registration period - 1 year • Redemption period – 30 days • Deletion by registry • Available for registration

5. New registrations & deletions

6. Current Statistics

7. Current Statistics

8. Current Statistics 70% of .РФ domains are delegated Distribution of .РФ domains between individuals and organizations tends to be the same as in .RU

9. Domain Names Usage Not identified - delegated, IP-address not identified Web-site: delegated, IP-address identified, http request OK Error - delegated, IP-address identified, http request error or connection error

10. Customers’ Attitude Survey • The survey was conducted by Reg.ru registrar ( 22.8% of 2nd level domain registrations in .РФ TLD) • Respondents: customers and resellers (professionals of the domain and hosting market, web-site owners, domain name holders, web designers, web-site developers, SEO). • Format: question + answer options (check-box), only 1 answer allowed

11. For what purpose did you register (are going to register) a domain .РФ?

12. The main advantage of the .РФ domain is:

13. If the web-site you frequent has address domain names in the Latin as well as in the Cyrillic alphabets, you key in an address in the browser:

14. Whatis your impression when you notice Cyrillic domains used in advertising?

15. In your opinion, in the future .РФ TLD will:

16. Given the record of practical usage of a Cyrillic name to promote your business on-line, the key plus of the domain .РФ is:

17. Thank You ! Irina Danelia http://ccTLD.RU or http://кц.рф