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An efficient presence in the Internet space is becoming a crucial success factor in the era of global digital technologies. It refers equally both to the commercial companies and whole cities. The online technologies are instrumental in implementing most daring and breath-taking projects to emphasize a city's identity or to reveal the full dimension of its cultural heritage.
Registration of new domain names in the root zone will give new opportunities for local (geographical) communities as well. From the very beginning when DNS became widespread the opportunity of self-identification not only by national but also by local (geographical) signs provoked interest and demand.TLDs .MOSCOW and .МОСКВА were introduced during the RIPE NCC Moscow Regional Meeting 2010
According to the information presented during the event the top-level domains implementation will involvle the local Internet community.
To the moment the collection of signatures in the support of .MOSCOW and .МОСКВАhas been organised. In the near future a special Common Council will be formed that will devise all terms for the new top-level domains. This Council will include governmental, commercial and community representatives.