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Russia proposes to place root Internet name servers in BRICS countries
At a session on October 26, the Russian Security Council instructed the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications (MinComSvyaz) and the Foreign Ministry to begin discussion on the creation of “a system of backup DNS root name servers, independent of the control of ICANN, IANA and VeriSign, and capable of servicing the requests of users from the listed countries in the case of faults or targeted interventions”. These servers would be exclusively for BRICS member-states (Brazil, Russia, India, …