Editing Alternative DNS root (section)

===Russian National Domain Name System===

The Russian National Domain Name System ({{langx|ru|НСДИ}}) is an alternative DNS root project started in 2019 by [[Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media|Roskomnadzor]], a government department,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://52.rkn.gov.ru/directions/p2363/p30512/|title=Об утверждении Положения о национальной системе доменных имен|website=rkn.gov.ru|access-date=3 March 2021|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225214720/https://52.rkn.gov.ru/directions/p2363/p30512/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is to gradually become mandatory for all ISPs in Russia. As of March 2021, servers are located on the [[Moscow Internet Exchange]]. The mission of the project is to provide an alternative DNS root for all users of the Internet within [[Russia]]. The main goal is to continue the functioning of the Russian Internet subnetwork in case of its disconnection from the rest of the Internet ([[Sovereign Internet Law]]).