September 2011
RU-CENTER starts accepting Sunrise Registration Requests for .XXX domains
June 2011
RU-CENTER opens online subscription to Domain Names Magazine
June 2011
RU-CENTER supports a Hotline for Reports of Promotion and Sale of Drugs on the Internet
April 2011
RU-CENTER and EKSMO Publishing House present a book Creating Websites at RIF+KIB 2011
March 2011
RU-CENTER announces the merger process with the Hosting Community group of companies.
March 2011
RU-CENTER upgrades its Network Infrastructure
November 2010
РФ TLD General Availability Opens
September 2010
RU-CENTER starts registering domain names in PRO domain zone
September 2010
RU-CENTER launches initiative for TLDs MOSCOW and ÌÎÑÊÂÀ
August 2010
RU-CENTER starts providing services on issuance of SSL certificates
July 2010
RU-CENTER supports the initiative for the introduction of top-level domains intended for cultural and linguistic communities
May 2010
RU-CENTER launches Registration in MSK.RU, SPB.RU, and other geo-domains
April 2010
Geographic third-level domains (.MSK.RU, .SPB.RU, etc.) are being transferred to RU-CENTER
April 2010
RU-CENTER launches TV premium domains
April 2010
RU-CENTER launches domain name registration in BZ (Belize), HN (Honduras), AG (Antigua and Barbuda), LC (Saint Lucia), VC (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), SC (Seychelles), and MN (Mongolia) ccTLDs
March 2010
RU-CENTER is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a conference Domeniny 2010 (\"Domain Fair\")
March 2010
RU-CENTER launches instant messaging service
February 2010
RU-CENTER starts registering .TRAVEL and .AERO domain names, as well as IDN .NAME domains
November 2009
Launch of .РФ Domains Sunrise Registration
November 2009
RU-CENTER launches .NAME domain name registrations
July 2009
RU-CENTER begins providing domain name registration services within MOBI top level domain as an accredited registrar
December 2008
RU-CENTER's CEO elected as a board member of the Coordination Center for TLD RU
November 2008
RU-CENTER presents a book called Domain Wars (in Russian)
November 2008
RU-CENTER supports first WebHiTech Awards ceremony
October 2008
RU-CENTER registers 100,000th gTLD domain name
September 2008
RU-CENTER launches Domain Parking Service
July 2008
RU-CENTER's CEO elected as a head of committee of the Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC)
June 2008
RU-CENTER supports РФ ccTLD initiative
May 2008
RU-CENTER provides UNESCO with data for the book Representing the Languages of Russian and CIS Ethnic Entities in the Russian Segment of the Internet
April 2008
RU-CENTER starts registering IDN domains in SU TLD
March 2008
RU-CENTER supports WebHiTech 2008
November 2007
RU-CENTER receives Runet Prize 2007 for its Domain Auction project
September 2007
1,000,000th .RU domain name registered
July 2007
CMS support for RU-CENTER's web hosting
June 2007
RU-CENTER creates a publicly available resource of geographic data for Russian IP addresses - IPGeoBase
May 2007
RU-CENTER is a title sponsor of Russian Internet Marathon 2007.
April 2007
RU-CENTER starts registering .BIZ and .INFO domain names as an accredited registrar
November 2006
RU-CENTER launches new partnership program - Information Partners
September 2006
RU-CENTER starts providing web hosting and email services
May 2006
Concluding agreement in writing is no longer mandatory for registration of .RU domains
April 2006
RU-CENTER is the first Russian registrar to start providing the Backorder Service. RU-CENTER starts registering .ORG domain names as an accredited registrar
November 2005
RU-CENTER creates a service for estimating the domain value on a secondary market
June 2005
RU-CENTER launches Domain Name Escrow Service
December 2003
RU-CENTER launches a service for evaluating the work of DNS servers
June 2003
Start of General Availability in SU TLD
May 2003
RU-CENTER publicly launches a server with statistics on .RU domains: stat.nic.ru. RU-CENTER starts providing legal services related to domain names
March 2003
RU-CENTER creates a Partner Search System to help clients find our partners in different regions.
January 2003
RU-CENTER is accredited by ICANN
December 2002
RU-CENTER starts accepting requests for Sunrise Registration in SU TLD
March 2002
RU-CENTER launches DNS-Master zone file editor that allows users of Primary-Standard service to edit zone files
February 2002
RU-CENTER starts developing a dealer network by signing partner contracts
November 2001
RU-CENTER creates INFO.NIC.RU - an information source on domain names
September-October 2001
RU-CENTER starts accepting requests for domain name registration in INFO and BIZ TLDs and becomes an official registrar for SU domain
August 2001
RU-CENTER starts providing new services: Primary-Standard, Primary-Auto, Secondary DNS, Web-forwarding, and Mail-forwarding
July 2001
RU-CENTER's work is insured through Ingosstrakh Insurance Company
April 2001
RU-CENTER starts registering domain names in COM, NET, and ORG domains
January 2001
RU-CENTER starts to act independently as a registrar for RU domain
In 2000, RIPN has delegated its functions of registrar for RU domain to RU-CENTER, retaining only the technical maintenance of the Russian national TLD, which marked the beginning of distributed domain registration system in domain RU
