Russian authorities are rejecting a number of names in the .РФ domain zone.

The Federal Protective Service of the Russian Federation (FSO) believes that using the .РФ domain extension for a number of government website names is inappropriate. Therefore, the FSO is renouncing several previously reserved names.

Let us recall that according todataWith the help of the registrar REG.RU, the Federal Protective Service became the most active registrar of domain names in the .РФ zone. In total, the organization registered over 400 domain names. Bloggers and journalists later discovered that among these names were some associated with the upcoming 2012 Russian presidential elections, such as "putin2012.рф."

The Federal Protective Service (FSO) announced that it is abandoning a number of domain names in the .РФ zone. The exact number is currently unknown.

However, according to the data,accessibleAccording to the REG.RU page, the Federal Security Service (FSB) has rejected eight domains in the last 24 hours alone. However, the organization remains the leader in terms of the number of .РФ domain names reserved, with a total of over 400.