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Russia: New .Ru Domain Registration Rules Allow Easy Domain Seizure

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Russia, Breaking News, Freedom of Speech, Health, Technology, RuNet Echo

Andrey Rylkov Foundation writes [1] about the first case of enforcement of the domain seizure rules in the “.ru” and “.рф” domain zones. The rules [2] [ru] (Article 5, point 5.5) , updated on November 11, 2011 allow any law enforcement agency (like police, Federal Security Service, Prosecutor's office or Federal Drug Control Services (FDCS)) to request domain seizure without a court order. On February 3, 2012 FDCS successfully seized the domain of rylkov-fond.ru, a website of Rylkov Foundation that had severely criticized situation with drug trafficking.