Torrents.ru Fights Back After Domain Seizure

Courtesy TorrentFreak  Sun, 02/28/2010 - 12:43

rutrackerOn February 18, 2010, RU-Center, Russia’s largest domain name registrar and web-hosting provider, pulled the plug on the Torrents.ru domain name, suspending it with immediate effect and leaving 4 million users and 1 million torrents homeless.

A representative from RU-Center confirmed that the domain was blocked on the orders of the Investigative Division of the regional prosecutor’s office in Chertanovskaya, Moscow, but at that time could not disclose the reasons.

Subsequently it was revealed that the seizing...

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