Internet resources: Readiness for introduction websites with Russian language addresses in doubt

The structure of Russian Internet is still not ready for introduction of websites with addresses in Russian language. Denis Yakovenchuk, representative of “Garant Park Telecom” - domain names registrar company - announced on “RIF+KIB” forum that Russian web didn’t recognize all the symbols, which can be used in writing domain names in Cyrillic alphabet.

"We launched beta versions with Cyrillic names, - Mr Yakovenchuk said. – It turned out that names, which used only Cyrillic letters, dashes and numbers “1” and “2” worked well. Otherwise, he claimed, there aroused problems either with website’s opening of e-mail. Experts are at their wit’s end, as they need to think of a counterpart for the character “@” (at sign, at symbol) which is used in the e-mail addresses and only in Roman alphabet. "We are not sure if by the launch of the .RF domain the whole structure of Runet will allow to represent Cyrillic names", - expert claims. The first Cyrillic domain is expected to be launched in the autumn.