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    Overview

    .moscow is a geographic top-level domain (geoTLD) created through ICANN's new gTLD program to represent the city of Moscow. The string is paired with the Cyrillic equivalent .москва. The registry operator is the Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID).

    • Type: gTLD (geo)
    • Registry / Manager: FAITID
    • Key people: Dmitry Burkov (Chairman), Nikolay Molibog (President)
    • Delegation to the DNS root zone: 24 April 2014

    History

    • 2010: RU-CENTER initiated the .moscow/.москва project and recommended forming a Community Council to manage applications to ICANN.
    • 2010: Public engagement included a survey on the Moskovskiy Komsomolets website which reported support from individuals, businesses and government agencies.
    • 2011: FAITID (Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development) was established and took over responsibility for the .moscow/.москва project.
    • FAITID promoted the project at events including the RIPE NCC Moscow Regional Meeting (2010), ICANN 40 (San Francisco) and ICANN 43 (Costa Rica), plus other international forums.
    • FAITID engaged Sedari as a strategic partner to prepare the ICANN applications.
    • 12 April 2012: FAITID confirmed submission of applications for .moscow and .москва to ICANN and paid the required application fees of USD 185,000 per string.
    • May 2012: The project reported 17,666 supporters and received endorsement letters from multiple Moscow government departments and organizations.
    • 19 December 2013: FAITID received a Registry Agreement signed by ICANN for .moscow.
    • 24 April 2014: .moscow was delegated to the DNS root zone, completing the successful application.

    Usage and Audience

    • Target audience: organizations, businesses, cultural institutions, government bodies and other entities connected to Moscow.
    • The project was positioned to increase Internet use among Russian communities and to give Moscow-based entities a city-branded namespace.
    • Supporters and endorsers included Moscow city departments (Support and Development of Small and Middle Entrepreneurship; Department of Culture), the Moscow Government, Department of Information Technology of Moscow, Coordination Center for TLD RU and the Russian Association for Electronic Communications.

    Registration Rules

    • FAITID stated a standard registration price of 600 roubles (approximately USD 20) per domain name.
    • No additional registration eligibility requirements, character rules, or minimum/maximum registration periods are detailed in the provided source.

    Operator

    Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID)

    Whois

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domain:       MOSCOW

organisation: Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID)
address:      2 bld 1, 3rd Khoroshevskaya str.
address:      Moscow 123308
address:      Russian Federation (the)

contact:      administrative
name:         Maxim Alzoba
organisation: Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID)
address:      2 bld 1, 3rd Khoroshevskaya str.
address:      Moscow 123308
address:      Russian Federation (the)
phone:        +7 495 7898207
fax-no:       +7 495 7375762
e-mail:       adm.contact@faitid.org

contact:      technical
name:         Pavel Ilichev
organisation: Foundation for Assistance for Internet Technologies and Infrastructure Development (FAITID)
address:      2 bld 1, 3rd Khoroshevskaya str.
address:      Moscow 123308
address:      Russian Federation (the)
phone:        7 495 7898207
fax-no:       7 495 7375762
e-mail:       rzm-team@faitid.org

nserver:      A.DNS.FLEXIREG.RU 2a02:2090:6800:0:0:0:0:1 31.177.70.1
nserver:      B.DNS.FLEXIREG.NET 195.253.64.6 2a01:5b0:4:0:0:0:0:6
nserver:      C.DNS.FLEXIREG.ORG 195.253.65.6 2a01:5b0:5:0:0:0:0:6
nserver:      D.DNS.FLEXIREG.DOMAINS 2a01:d8:8:0:0:0:0:1 89.111.135.1
ds-rdata:     50770 8 2 63009cccfb519b1edff8beed4df77f0ea9741cddeb172207f622ccd913994e75

whois:        whois.nic.moscow

status:       ACTIVE
remarks:      Registration information: http://www.faitid.org

created:      2014-04-17
changed:      2025-05-29
source:       IANA

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