.SU - current situation

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ccTLD .SU stands for Soviet Union - the country that exists no more since 1991. But the ccTLD remains alive. RU-CENTER, who manages .RU domains also does .SU. A couple of years ago they started registering .SU domains again. But he price is quite epxensive - 100 USD per year. Thanking to the price there are lots of nice names available. Some Russian registrars offer .SU registration at 95 USD/year.

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Well I am wondering how long .SU will last. I thought that as a transitional mesure existing .su names would be migrated to .ru even if it takes several years.
 
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Nope. .SU is already delegetaed and there are too many sites in .su which cannot be easily migrated to .ru. ICANN has nothing to do with that - .SU is managed ok and has no prob. And .su is managerd by the same authorised ICANN state organization as .ru
 
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That's fun because the Soviet Union reminds me of a bygone age. I thought they had plans to scrap .su in the long run.
Interestingly a few countries have already changed their TLD in the past. Examples include:
.zr -> .cd (Congo - Zaire) or .tp -> .tl (Timor Leste)
 
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wasistdas said:
Nope. .SU is already delegetaed and there are too many sites in .su which cannot be easily migrated to .ru. ICANN has nothing to do with that - .SU is managed ok and has no prob. And .su is managerd by the same authorised ICANN state organization as .ru

Never encountered a .su name before. Can you give me at least one example?
And why they revive .su registration since the Soviet Union no longer exists?
 
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domainprince - Why not if cctld already exists? There are lots used. Try www.business.su :)

As far as I know there are about 20,000 .SU names registered
 
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