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<p class="MsoNormal">I recall that Medvedev used to promote .РФ when he was in power.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> UA-discuss <ua-discuss-bounces@icann.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Andrei Kolesnikov<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 19, 2019 11:55<br>
<b>To:</b> Andre Schappo <A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Universal Acceptance <UA-discuss@icann.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [UA-discuss] IDN: Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russian Federation<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is role model of .РФ IDN for a long time. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fxn--e1aktc.xn--p1ai%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7C8244126383e148de7af508d6ac9c7fd1%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C1%7C636886185504887881&sdata=tRxU8KQ8iZNuVlEoSnwQBMl0KiWaF2z7emzfp7Z5yhM%3D&reserved=0">https://секс.рф/</a>
has no redirect as well :)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">вт, 19 мар. 2019 г. в 21:34, Andre Schappo <<a href="mailto:A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk">A.Schappo@lboro.ac.uk</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russian Federation, has a Russian IDN which is <a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fxn--b1aew.xn--p1ai&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7C8244126383e148de7af508d6ac9c7fd1%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C1%7C636886185504887881&sdata=jIb%2F3zuVOrBHsxfUQp2SNtklMYecxO%2BcHx0SIrymsYw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">мвд.рф</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It has the best Alexa ranking I have so far seen for an IDN. At time of writing, 404 in Russia and 9174 globally. See <a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Falexa.com%2Fsiteinfo%2Fxn--b1aew.xn--p1ai%23trafficstats&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7C8244126383e148de7af508d6ac9c7fd1%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C1%7C636886185504887881&sdata=ZVgMdqxm7N8qMBSX7KFy%2Fz1RmYK4q%2FA5gYHcqKUTKRo%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">alexa.com/siteinfo/xn--b1aew.xn--p1ai#trafficstats</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All good so far but there is something even better<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😀</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This ministry has an ASCII which is <a href="https://nam06.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmvd.ru&data=02%7C01%7Cmarksv%40microsoft.com%7C8244126383e148de7af508d6ac9c7fd1%7C72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7C1%7C1%7C636886185504887881&sdata=TT5Kl7tsDd3AXtLAnzqJB6rO3qM2atdLpg%2BRBFTj8XM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">mvd.ru</a>.
This ASCII redirects to the the Russian IDN<span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😀</span> As you all know, it is usually the IDN that redirects to an ASCII.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyone encountered an IDN with a better Alexa ranking or encountered any ASCII DN that redirects to an IDN?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">André Schappo<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Andrey Kolesnikov<o:p></o:p></p>
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