Public Internet Exchange Points in Russia comprise of MSK-IX

Moscow Internet Exchange

The Moscow Internet Exchange is an Internet Exchange Point in Moscow, Russia. MSK-IX is a neutral and independent entity, originally established in 1995 with a single location inside of the Moscow International Telephone Exchange , but it now has eight geographically diverse locations in Moscow...

in Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, SPB-IX in Saint-Petersburg, SAMARA-IX in Samara

Samara, Russia

Samara , is the sixth largest city in Russia. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. Samara is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. Population: . The metropolitan area of Samara-Tolyatti-Syzran within Samara Oblast...

, Ix-NN (Nizhny Novgorod), NSK-IX in Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk

Novosibirsk is the third-largest city in Russia, after Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and the largest city of Siberia, with a population of 1,473,737 . It is the administrative center of Novosibirsk Oblast as well as of the Siberian Federal District...

, KRS-IX in Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third largest city in Siberia, with the population of 973,891. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of...

 and in Kazan

Kazan

Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...

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The most popular of these is the MSK-IX with over 320 members and over 140 Gbit/s steady throughput during peak-hours in the weekdays.

On the territory of NSK-IX, RIPE

RIPE

Réseaux IP Européens is a forum open to all parties with an interest in the technical development of the Internet. The RIPE community’s objective is to ensure that the administrative and technical coordination necessary to maintain and develop the Internet continues...

 operates a mirror of its k.root-servers.net.

See also

• Moscow Internet Exchange
  Moscow Internet Exchange
  The Moscow Internet Exchange is an Internet Exchange Point in Moscow, Russia. MSK-IX is a neutral and independent entity, originally established in 1995 with a single location inside of the Moscow International Telephone Exchange , but it now has eight geographically diverse locations in Moscow...
  
   (MSK-IX)
• Krasnoyarsk Internet eXchange (KRS-IX)
• Nizhny Novgorod Internet eXchange

External links

Official web-sites of public exchanges

• Internet Exchange Points in Russia (SPB-IX, SAMARA-IX, NSK-IX)
• Krasnoyarsk Exchange (KRS-IX)
• Chelyabinsk Peering Point Ural and Chel. stats.
• Ulyanovsk Internet Exchange (ULN-IX)

Articles about Russian internet exchanges

• Internet within Ufa still loops around LINX in London, 2005-07-18