Stages of .РФ domains Sunrise registration

Sunrise period is a first step for a launch of Russian national Cyrillic TLD.

Sunrise period consists of several stages. During each of them different categories of users will be eligible to register the .РФ domain:

Till November 25, 2009

• Locking registration of domains prohibited for use
• Reservation of the limited list of domains for state needs

November 25, 2009 — March 25, 2010: Sunrise registration stage

• Acquisition of additional lists from RF state authorities

November 25, 2009 — May 11, 2010: Sunrise registration stage

• Domains registration for the owners of trademarks containing in their verbal part Russian Cyrillic scripts only

May 12, 2010 — September 16, 2010:

• Acceptance of domains registration requests for the owners of trademarks containing in their verbal part scripts other than Cyrillic

July 01 – 14,  2010:

• Acceptance by RU-CENTER of pre-orders for Sunrise registration of domains for specific categories of users, in particular:
  
  

  —	Trademark owners;
  —	Exclusive owners for geographical indications of goods origin;
  —	Non-profit organizations;
  —	Mass media.

July 15, 2010 — September 16, 2010:

• Acceptance of domain registration requests for the users of specific categories, in particular:
  
  

  —	Trademark owners;
  —	Exclusive owners for geographical indications of goods origin;
  —	Non-profit organizations;
  —	Mass media.

Transfer of reserved .РФ domains to state authorities