State domains, where are you?

An interesting article under the heading “ Russian state sites are often hosted abroad. They are also registered to individuals and commercial organizations ”published on NEWSru.com . The article published the results of a study conducted in the framework of the “State Network” project, created to systematize and monitor the publicity of the state on the Internet.

As the results of the study show, many state sites are hosted abroad (in Germany, Great Britain, USA, Spain and even in Australia). In addition, the domains of some government sites are registered to individuals . Among them, for example, is the website of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of the Russian Federation. The researchers also found that some domains of government agencies are registered with commercial organizations . Thus, the site of the Federal Service for Supervision in the Field of Transport is registered on Sea Express Ltd.