[RFCI-Discuss] Geographical domains: ny.us versus msk.ru

[Alan Brown]

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006, Alexey Lobanov wrote:

> A "geographical" domain ny.us covering the New-York state of U.S. is not
> listed, but a similar "geographical" domain msk.ru covering a Russian
> province "Moscow city" is listed.
>
> Why? What is the difference in the policy?

Most likely it was unknown that msk.ru is a geographical domain.

That is to be expected in an environment which mixes geographical
heirarchies and domain names at 2nd level.