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Materials about the conference are available on the MSK-IX website and its Facebook page.

The key role of information security in ensuring a country’s IT sovereignty was the main topic discussed at the IT+Sovereignty forum, held on May 23 by the Institute of Internet Development (IID), Russian Association for Electronic Communications (RAEC), the Regional Public Center of Internet Technology, the Foundation for Information Democracy and the Coordination Center for TLD .RU.

On May 19, St. Petersburg played host to the 6th Russian IPv6 Day forum. It took place, as usual, at the Popov Central Museum of Communications, which has become the symbol of the forum, Guests of the Russian IPv6 Day love to explore the museum's unique collection tracing the history of communications: from mail, telegraph and telephone to radio and television and, finally, to mobile and satellite-based communications. The conference is traditionally organized by the MSK-IX company in cooperation with the Technical Center of Internet (TCI).

On May 12, a discussion panel marking the sixth anniversary of TLD.РФ, Russia's first Cyrillic domain, took place on the sidelines of the Moscow Media Communications Forum. Invited to speak at the meeting, organized by TLD.РФ's registry, the Coordination Center for TLD.RU/.РФ, were those who, six years ago, stood at the root of what is now seen as the most successful national IDN development project and an exemplary one for new TLDs. The speakers included Yelena Voronina, Andrei Kolesnikov, Arkady Kremer, Alexei Platonov, Mikhail Yakushev and ICANN representative Patrick Jones.

The social network VKontakte has joined Russia's leading Internet exchange point MSK-IX. Now Russia's top three social networks VKontakte, Odnoklassniki and Moi Mir owned by Mail.Ru Group are accessible via MSK-IX for mobile operators and their users. Peering exchange via Internet eXchange helps Internet companies reduce the content delivery route and keep major network channels. For end users, it means faster download speeds of website content, games and apps, and also fewer chances of problems arising due to disruption in mobile operators' networks. Peering exchange also makes it possible for MSK-IX to exchange traffic with the VKontakte social network whose key data centers are based in St. Petersburg.

Moscow is hosting the 7th Transport Networks Russia 2016 conference ? the Development of Telecommunications Networks in Russia and the CIS. The event is dedicated to important issues in the transit networks market, up-to-date networking solutions, integration and virtualization on Russia-CIS trunk line markets. The event will include principle data routes operators, cellphone and wire-network phone operators, representatives from research and development agencies, manufacturers of infrastructure equipment, system integrators, market consultants and analysts, investment companies and industry regulators.

The Extreme Networks forum was held in Moscow on March 3. This annual conference is devoted to the most advanced IT solutions. Reporters at the forum include representatives of the world's leading telecommunications equipment producers and established experts of the telecoms market.

Moscow hosted the 14th International Conference "Providing Confidence and Security in the Use of Information and Communication Technologies" held by the Russian Association of Networks and Services. MSK-IX was the conference's partner and an active participant.

On February 19, St. Petersburg hosted the 3rd Telecom of Two Capitals business forum, a major event for the operator market in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The forum was attended by over 200 delegates from telecommunications companies operating in both cities, vendors, integrators of telecom solutions, representatives of regulatory agencies and established experts.

On February 18, the 69th Meeting of the Asia Pacific Top Level Domain Association (APTLD) opened in Auckland, New Zealand, involving representatives of national registries from Asia, the Pacific Region, Europe, and international organizations. The MSK-IX delegation is also taking part in the forum.

MSK-IX exchange, the Coordination Center for TLD RU and Technical Center of Internet signed a memorandum on the development of the Russian segment of the domain name space during Cyber Security Forum 2016, an international conference on cybersecurity that was held in Moscow on February 9, 2016. The memorandum was signed by MSK-IX Director General Yelena Voronina, Coordination Center for TLD RU Director Andrei Vorobyov and Technical Center of Internet Director General Alexei Platonov.

On December 21, the first Russian Internet Economy Forum opened in Moscow, where leading representatives of the industry and the government will discuss the Internet's role as a driver of Russia's economic development and work out proposals on a long-term program for the development of the Russian sector of the Internet and related industries. The Moscow Internet Exchange, MSK-IX, is taking part in the forum and the Internet + industrial exhibition, organized as part of the forum.