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	Topics .su Topic Home .su was assigned as the country code top-level domainCountry code top-level domain A country code top-level domain is a top-level domain used and reserved for a country or a dependent territory.... for the Soviet UnionSoviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state that existed... on September 19, 1990. It remains in use today, even though the Soviet Union itself no longer exists, and is administered by the Russian Institute for Development of Public Networks (RIPN or RosNIIRos). In 2001, the managers of the domain stated that they will commence accepting new .su registrations, but it is unclear whether this action is compatible with ICANNICANN ICANN is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.... policies. ICANN has expressed intentions to terminate the .su domain, and the IANA states that the domain is being phased out, but lobbyists stated in September, 2007 that they had started negotiations with ICANN on retaining the domain. In the first quarter of 2008, .su registrations increased by 45%. New .su registrations cost 3000 rubles (approximately $125), a premium over the .ru domain, as it was thought that the cachet of the .su domain could command a premium priceLuxury good In economics, a luxury good is a good for which demand increases more than proportionally as income rises, contrast with in... in the free marketFree market Overview A free market is a market where price is determined by unregulated supply and demand; the opposite is a controlled market'... . Since 2007-12-03, it has been discounted to 600 rubles (approximately $25) in an effort to increase demandSupply and demand In microeconomic theory, the partial equilibrium supply and demand economic model originally developed by Antoine Augustin C... to fend off elimination by ICANN. See also .ru.ru .ru is the Internet country code top-level domain for Russia.... RunetRunet Runet is the name Russian-speaking Internet users commonly use to call the segment of Internet written or understood in the... External links