Kremlin.ru

Kremlin.ru is the official website of the President of the Russian Federation. It was launched in January 2000. Website content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.

Content

The website publishes all content issued by the Presidential Press Service in Russian and English, including transcripts of President's speeches (e.g., Valdai speech of Vladimir Putin).

History

The kremlin.ru website of was launched in January 2000, and was radically reworked during 2001–2002, which resulted in a second version being released on 20 June 2002,[1] followed by an English version a year later. On 19 January 2004, a children's version was released, called President of Russia – for citizens of school age."[2]

Version 3 was released on 20 June 2004,[3] only three months after the 2004 Russian presidential election.[4]

Version 4 was released on 31 August 2009,[5][6] with an English version added on 3 June 2010.

The current version 5 was released on 8 April 2015.

On 11 May 2010, the site became one of the first three sites in the domain .rf.[7][8]

On 20 July 2012, the site was target of a DDoS attack, and in 2013, the site was blocked in Turkmenistan.[9][10]

On 24 February 2022, the site was intermittently unavailable[11] due to a DDoS attack as a reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[12] Days after the attack, the website returned back online and is currently active.

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References
  1. вторая версия, открытая 20 июня 2002 года
  2. Президент России — гражданам школьного возраста
  3. Третья версия
  4. Президент России | О сайте Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Четвёртая версия
  6. Вести. Ru: Обновлен официальный сайт президента России
  7. "В доменной зоне .рф зарегистрировано полумиллионное имя второго уровня" (in Russian). РИА Новости. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  8. Президент.рф заработал infox.ru
  9. Амангельды Нурмурадов (5 December 2012). "Сайт Кремля не открывается в Туркмении". РИА Новости. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  10. В Туркмении россиян лишили возможности жаловаться Путину через интернет // NEWSru.com, 26.11.2013
  11. https://www.wired.com/story/russia-ukraine-ddos-nft-nsa-security-news/
  12. "Kremlin website goes dark". The Independent. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.


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