Important! Letter from Regtime to ICANN.

[khurtsiya]

Original (russian) - http://telnews.ru/event/16794

Google Translation: http://translate.google.com/translat...&hl=en&ie=UTF8

In short: they suggest ICANN to choose .РУ, but not .РФ.

And they create vote. And majority votes are for .РУ

In the article mentioned, that main reason Regtime wants .РУ is that they already registering domains in that zone.

Also they suggest to give advantage .ru owners to register equivalent (!)

[g]

this has nothing to do with idn.com(idn)

people have the right to choose how their country extension will look like

and I hope aliasing can also happen with country extensions not only .com

and all people are able to get their idn equivalents at the new extension

ICANN of course will not like that

ICANN wants new extensions and new registrations and more money

[Rubber Duck]

Nice one!

Lots of argument. Huge debate on National Identity. Bugger All progress.

One Winner - Dot Com!

[Explorer]

Old news.
Regtime (or any other commercial/government entity in Russia or anywhere else) could write letters to ICANN, sing songs, protest, curse or jump up and down. It will be ignored.

[Drewbert]

>In the article mentioned, that main reason Regtime wants .РУ is that they already registering domains in that zone.

Unless they are a GOVERNMENT, he who makes a "already registering domains in that zone" gets an automatic "DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE EXISTENCE OF THESE PEOPLE" flag at ICANN. Also known as "an alternative root TLD".