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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.

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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

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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.[citation needed]

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

On 20 July 2012, the site was target of a DDoS attack,[citation needed] 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]

References

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  1. ^ "вторая версия, открытая 20 июня 2002 года". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Президент России — гражданам школьного возраста". Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Третья версия". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  4. ^ Президент России | О сайте Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Четвёртая версия". Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Вести. Ru: Обновлен официальный сайт президента России". Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
  7. ^ "В доменной зоне .рф зарегистрировано полумиллионное имя второго уровня" (in Russian). РИА Новости. 18 November 2010. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  8. ^ Президент.рф заработал Archived 31 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine infox.ru
  9. ^ Амангельды Нурмурадов (5 December 2012). "Сайт Кремля не открывается в Туркмении". РИА Новости. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 15 December 2016.
  10. ^ В Туркмении россиян лишили возможности жаловаться Путину через интернет Archived 9 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine // 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. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
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