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Russia and CIS

New Russian Law Deals with WHOIS data

by Veni Markovski on May 1, 2007

There’s a new law on data protection in Russia, and under its provisions, information for web site owners should not be accessible online. The .ru WHOIS database has almost three years to fulfill the law requirements (until January 1, 2010), but Ru-Center, (largest registrar for .ru), says they have discussed the issue with RIPN (the [...]

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ICANN in Russia, April 2007

by Veni Markovski on April 14, 2007

On April 5-6 several of us were in Moscow, at the international conference on security and trust.
The conference was organized by RANS – The Russian Association for Networks and Services.

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From Armenia to Uzbekistan

by Veni Markovski on January 29, 2007

Being a new Regional Liaison is a challenging task (esp. when there are Regional Liaisons like Giovanni Seppia, who have served longer;-).
My region is fascinating: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
I know many people in many of those countries, but I am looking forward to meet many more. I [...]

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