Sergei Putanov: Why I offered $900 million for the Castello domains

Sergei Putanov, the Russian multi-billionaire real estate and domain investor, needs no introduction; the eccentric oligarch often engages in non-traditional investments. After buying the Greek Skorpios island, Sergei Putanov was involved in a much publicized lawsuit over the domain Moscow.plumbing; now he’s back and ready to make waves once again. Our correspondent in Russia, Nikolai […]

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Russian ccTLD tops list of most virus infected country domains

When it comes down to the number of top new virus infections, Russia and its dot .RU ccTLD tops the list. According to data provided by Avast antivirus, during the past 30 days, dot .RU domains provided 4,563 new infections. Germany is second with 1,368 and Brazil third, with 977 new infections. Meanwhile, in terms […]

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Russian drama: Sergei Putanov files UDRP over Moscow.Plumbing domain

Russian multi-billionaire domain investor and land developer, Sergei Putanov, is making headlines once again in Russia; and it’s not about the Sochi Olympics. Sergei Putanov is long vested in controversial gTLD applications, such as dot .prostitute in Cyrillic, and the latest drama involves the domain name Moscow.Plumbing, by Donuts, Inc. Our correspondent in Russia, Nikolai […]

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Russians hungry for .XXX web sites and adult content

Let’s be adult about it: dot .XXX domains are not for general consumption – they are meant for adults. To this day, the only adult TLD until the introduction of .sex, .adult and .porn, continues to attract visitors from around the world. In a smart move, the ICM Registry introduced its own search engine of […]

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Sergei Putanov on new gTLDs: “фуцк ыоу, ИЦАНН!”

Long time real estate and Internet property investor, Sergei Putanov, does not mince his words. When it comes down to the valuable rolling out of new gTLDs, the Russian multi-billionaire with an appetite for buxom Ukrainian models is ready to “break leg” of those that stand in his way. “фуцк ыоу, ИЦАНН! Yob tvoyiu mat!” […]

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ICANN Collision Occurrence Management Plan retrieves Russian meteorite

A team of experts from the ICANN chapter of Collision Occurrence Management Plan team (COMPt), have responded to a distress signal by the Russian authorities. As Russia Today reports, the ICANN team was dispatched within 8 hours of the emergency that occurred at the Chelyabinsk region, in Russia’s Urals. “After traveling individually from various luxury […]

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Hello I Dasha: Galina Burtsuova and Russian brides for all domainers!

A while back we listed a series of funny, yet desperate Russian spam emails arriving in the form of Russian personals. In our article, Ludmilla Krayova, is an imaginary Russian bride, with a beautiful face and sizable “assets” that would easily classify her as a British tabloid girl. We now have a new Russian bride, […]

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Meteor disaster hurts 500 in Russia – Domain gets registered

A meteor burned its path over Russian airspace, breaking up into pieces that sent fireballs to the ground. Thank goodness we’re not in the Cold War era, or someone in Kremlin would have pressed the red button. In the city of Chelyabinsk, more than 500 people had to be treated for injuries, mainly from broken […]

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Sergei Putanov: Cheese and crackers!

For the first time in a decade, the legendary Russian billionaire domain investor, Sergei Putanov, acknowledged that there is a financial crisis in the domain industry. “Had meeting with chief financial officer increase profit and thing are not good,” said Sergei Putanov to our correspondent, Nikolai Domienenko. “Can’t eat caviar, or Canadian lobster, what do, […]

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Russian hackers: Social engineering works well when domains are involved

An auto-translated post in a secret forum that is a nest of Russian hackers, discusses social engineering and domain names. ” I made fake mail Yandex and the mass send letters on behalf of the administration with a request to change the password. Letter was with the following contents: Dear email@yandex.ru – In support, it was […]

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BREAKING: Russian Domain billionaire Sergei Putanov press release

This just in: Russian billionaire domain investor, Sergei Putanov, issued a statement at an impromptu press conference in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Here is the summary, as translated in English by our correspondent, Nikolai Domienenko: “Today big history end. I watch football game and Russia lose to Greece. It fair and squares but not happy result. Instant […]

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Sergei Putanov: To hell with gTLD, stupid domainers

Sergei Putanov is not afraid to open his mouth – and not just to eat Beluga caviar. The Russian billionaire who invested in land and domains through his Russian Bear Investments initiative, took a break from his summer vacations to talk to our correspondent in Ekaterinburg, Nikolai Domienenko and here is the unedited discussion: Nikolai […]

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