<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>With the ripe NCC for their local area of coverage yes. And for naming with the .ru ccTLD and with local registrars. But has there been any indication of the scope here? This seems to be targeted at Russian citizens that buy a domain from just about anywhere, and possibly to at least get themselves the equivalent of a nationwide LIR,ostensibly under the RIPE framework but more or less completely independent.</div><div><br></div><div>This viewpoint isn't something that is very unique.</div><div><br></div><div>Various indian government officials seem to have conflated a rather long and recently accomplished attempt to get an APNIC NIR in India (an attempt accompanied by a great deal of acrimony shall we say) as some form of national control over IP address allocation, solely for the convenience of local law enforcement. Which is kind of short sighted as I say in my comment to the article (you have to click the comments link for them to open, not visible by default)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/government-to-come-up-with-latest-version-of-net-addresses-to-combat-cyber-crime/articleshow/17394621.cms">http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/government-to-come-up-with-latest-version-of-net-addresses-to-combat-cyber-crime/articleshow/17394621.cms</a></div><div><br>--srs (iPad)</div><div><br>On 16-Dec-2012, at 20:45, Roland Perry <<a href="mailto:roland@internetpolicyagency.com">roland@internetpolicyagency.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>In message <<a href="mailto:2DA93620FC07494C926D60C8E3C2F1A8010CD78E@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de">2DA93620FC07494C926D60C8E3C2F1A8010CD78E@server1.medienkomm.uni-halle.de</a></span><br><span>>, at 21:33:49 on Sat, 15 Dec 2012, "Kleinwächter, Wolfgang" <<a href="mailto:wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de">wolfgang.kleinwaechter@medienkomm.uni-halle.de</a>> writes</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>The Russian government should raise its problems with "Internet naming</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>and numbering" in ICANNs GAC.</span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>The GAC does very little with regard to Internet Numbering, the Russian</span><br><span>Government needs to engage with the various arms of RIPE NCC in order to be able to influence that.</span><br><span>-- </span><br><span>Roland Perry</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>____________________________________________________________</span><br><span>You received this message as a subscriber on the list:</span><br><span> <a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a></span><br><span>To be removed from the list, visit:</span><br><span> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing">http://www.igcaucus.org/unsubscribing</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>For all other list information and functions, see:</span><br><span> <a href="http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance">http://lists.igcaucus.org/info/governance</a></span><br><span>To edit your profile and to find the IGC's charter, see:</span><br><span> <a href="http://www.igcaucus.org/">http://www.igcaucus.org/</a></span><br><span></span><br><span>Translate this email: <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate_t">http://translate.google.com/translate_t</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>