Russia/Internet

BBC: Number of Russian internet sites rises by over 20 per cent since start of 2005


"The number of registered internet sites in the Russian segment of the web has risen by more than 20 per cent since the beginning of the year, Russian news agency ITAR-TASS reported on 30 July."

"The agency quoted data from the regional web information centre, which handles almost 70 per cent of domain registrations, which said that the number of domains rose from 305,000 to 368,000. The web information centre also said that the proportion of legal entities owning sites had fallen from 60 per cent to under half."

"Around 50 per cent of sites are registered in Moscow, and 8 per cent in St Petersburg, TASS reported. It also quoted the information centre as saying that the proportion of foreign-owned sites has risen to 3-4 per cent."