Third-level Domains Maintenance Policy

Third-level Domains Maintenance Policy in geographical domains and RU.NET (hereinafter referred to as "the Policy") defines users' and Registrar's principal rights and duties arising in connection with third-level domains use in geographical domains and RU.NET.

1. Definitions

Domain is an area of the Internet hierarchical name space, which is denoted by a unique domain name, served by a set of Domain Name Servers (DNS), and administered autonomously by its Registrant.

Geographical Domains - second level domains ABKHAZIA.SU, ADYGEYA.RU, ADYGEYA.SU, AKTYUBINSK.SU, ARKHANGELSK.SU, ARMENIA.SU, ASHGABAD.SU, AZERBAIJAN.SU, BALASHOV.SU, BASHKIRIA.RU, BASHKIRIA.SU, BIR.RU, BRYANSK.SU, BUKHARA.SU, CBG.RU, CHIMKENT.SU, DAGESTAN.RU, DAGESTAN.SU, EAST-KAZAKHSTAN.SU, EXNET.SU, GEORGIA.SU, GROZNY.RU, GROZNY.SU, IVANOVO.SU, JAMBYL.SU, KALMYKIA.RU, KALMYKIA.SU, KALUGA.SU, KARACOL.SU, KARAGANDA.SU, KARELIA.SU, KHAKASSIA.SU, KRASNODAR.SU, KURGAN.SU, KUSTANAI.RU, KUSTANAI.SU, LENUG.SU, MANGYSHLAK.SU, MARINE.RU, MORDOVIA.RU, MORDOVIA.SU, MSK.RU, MSK.SU, MURMANSK.SU, MYTIS.RU, NALCHIK.RU, NALCHIK.SU, NAVOI.SU, NORTH-KAZAKHSTAN.SU, NOV.RU, NOV.SU, OBNINSK.SU, PENZA.SU, POKROVSK.SU, PYATIGORSK.RU, RU.NET, SOCHI.SU, SPB.RU, SPB.SU, TASHKENT.SU, TERMEZ.SU, TOGLIATTI.SU, TROITSK.SU, TSELINOGRAD.SU, TULA.SU, TUVA.SU, VLADIKAVKAZ.RU, VLADIKAVKAZ.SU, VLADIMIR.RU, VLADIMIR.SU, VOLOGDA.SU.

Second Level Domain Sponsor - legal entity JSC "Regional Network Information Center" providing organizational and technical maintenance for domain function.

Third-level Domain Registrant (Registrant) is a User, who successfully performed a third-level domain transfer procedure established by the Registrar. Third-level Domain Registrant defines the procedure of domain use, is responsible for selecting the domain name and for probable violations of any third party's rights in connection with the selection and use of the domain name, and is liable for the costs of such violations.

Cancellation of registration is removal of the information on a domain name and its Registrant from the Registry.

Third-level Domain User (User) is a person entitled to use a third-level domain, whose data have been transferred from the Losing Registrar to the Registrar.

Registrar - legal entity JSC "Regional Network Information Center" maintaining data about third-level domains.

Registry - central database of geographical domains and RU.NET containing information about registered domain names, Registrants and other information required for domain names registration.

Losing Registrar - legal entity "Relcom.Business Network" Ltd. that sponsored registration of third-level domain names in geographical domains and RU.NET, delegated its administration rights for the respective second-level domain names and submitted relevant details about third-level domains and their registrants to the Registrar on April 24, 2010.

Third-level Domain Delegation means placement and storage of the information about a domain name and its domain name servers (DNS servers) on the root DNS servers of the second level domain, which fact enables the operation of the domain on the Internet. The delegation of a domain with the records transferred from the registration system of the Losing Registrar may only be possible within the domain registration period.

Third-level Domains Maintenance means entry, made by Registrar into the Registry, of any data related to a domain name and its User based on the information obtained from the Losing Registrar's registration system. A domain name shall be deemed registered from the moment of domain name record entry into the Registry. A registration period during which information about domain name is stored in the Registry will expire on a day indicated in Registrar's Whois listings in 'paid-till' field. A registration period may be renewed for one year from the moment of NIC-D agreement conclusion between the User and Registrar or Registrar's Partner (list of Partners is available on the Registrar's site) for domain name registration. A domain name registration may be canceled ahead of time in cases envisaged by this Policy.

Policy Validity period - This Policy has a validity period from April 24, 2010 till the date indicated in Registrar's Whois listings in 'free-date' field, and applies to the Users having no NIC-D agreements in place with the Registrar or Registrar's Partner with regard to third-level domain names registrations in geographical domains and RU.NET.

2. User's and Registrar's Rights and Duties

2.1. The User undertakes to:

2.2. A User is entitled to conclude an agreement with the Registrar or Registrar's Partner before the expiry date of this Policy;

2.3. A User is responsible for selecting the domain name and for probable violations of any third party's rights in connection with the selection and use of the domain name, and bears the risks of losses as a result of such violations.

2.4. A User agrees that domain delegation may be suspended, or domain name registration may be cancelled by the Registrar for the following purposes:

2.5. The Registrar undertakes to:

2.6. The Registrar is entitled without a prior notification to suspend domain delegation in case of an evident breach, as deemed by the Registrar, of RF legislation by the User.

3. Third-level Domain Delegation Terms & Conditions

3.1. Third-level Domains are delegated with the records transferred from the Losing Registrar's registration system.

3.2. Domain delegation may be suspended on the grounds established by this Policy.

4. Third-level Domain Transfer to Registrar's Registration System

Domain transfer means adding User's domain into package of services delivered by the Registrar to the User under the User-Registrar NIC-D agreement.

4.1. Registrar is making a request to the User's contact e-mail obtained by the Registrar from the Losing Registrar.

4.2. The User who received a request and wishing to transfer his/her domain to the Registrar shall make the below actions:

4.3. Once the User fulfils the above actions, the Registrar will transfer a domain to the NIC-D agreement, which number is specified by the User. In future, domain maintenance will be provided under the Third-level Domains Registration Schedule.

4.4. If no response has been received from the User within 21 (twenty one) calendar days from the moment of Registrar's request submission, the link transferred to the User in the Registrar's request will become invalid.

4.5. If no sufficient data is available to enable a domain transfer, the Registrar will independently determine data confirmation procedure about the User and domain transfer procedure to NIC-D agreement.

4.6. Domain ownership transfer to a new Registrant is prohibited within 60 (sixty) calendar days since domain transfer.

5. Domain Name Registration Renewal

5.1. For a third-level domain transferred to the Registrant's agreement, domain registration will be renewed under the procedure set forth in p. 4 of the Third-level Domains Registration Schedule.

5.2. Registration renewal may be provided only under the condition of domain transfer as per p. 4 hereinabove.

5.3. A domain name registration will be canceled by the Registrar, if not renewed by the Registrant within 90 (ninety) calendar days since its expiry date.

6. Data Change

6.1. Change of DNS servers of the domain and other records (A, MX, CNAME), change of User's contact data, change of User's data for viewing in search engines:

7. Domains Ownership Transfer

7.1. Domain ownership transfer to a legal entity or individual for the domain name that passed transfer procedure under the procedure set forth in p. 4 hereinabove will be provided under the Third-level Domains Registration Schedule.

7.2. Domains ownership transfer to another person will not be provided in the following cases: