In 28 hours from the start of the open registration of domains . more than 226 thousand applications were filed (
counter ).
Registration starts on November 11 at 12:00 Moscow time. It started with a stir. According
to Kommersant, in the first hour more than 70 thousand addresses were registered, in three hours - 121 thousand, in six hours - 183.4 thousand.
But the day before, Andrei Kolesnikov, director of the Coordination Center of the National Domain of Russia (CC), gave an interview and expected that about 100 thousand domains would be registered before the end of the year. The RF Minister of Communications talked about 25-50 thousand domains by the end of the year.
Yes, the most optimistic registrars who predicted “rush demand” called the figures
80 thousand by the end of the week and 120-140 thousand by the end of the year.
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Well, the appetites of Russian cybersquatters far exceeded any predictions.
However, the most valuable domains
were occupied even in the period of priority registration: they were reserved by various non-governmental organizations and the media, such as the Vodka and Beer newspapers, the Our Lake recreation company (abbreviated: PORNO.RF) or the Open Independent Logistic Association "Yota N" (abbreviated: ONLINE.RF).