[anti-abuse-wg] [routing-wg] An arrest in Russia

Dear colleagues,

We would like to provide some clarification on this case.

Earlier this year, we transferred a large number of IP addresses from 
the autonomous nonprofit organisation "Russian Scientific-Research 
Institute for Public Networks” in the Russian Federation to the Reliable 
Communications s.r.o in the Czech Republic.
This change was processed by the RIPE NCC in full compliance with RIPE 
Policies and the RIPE NCC’s published procedures.

Later, we received new information from both organisations about this 
transfer. It was then followed by an official request in which both 
parties asked us to revert the changes made to our registry and return 
the IP addresses back to their previous holders. After an internal 
review, we reverted the registration of the addresses.

While we cannot disclose more details publicly, we would like to 
emphasise that we took this action within our mandate to maintain an 
up-to-date and correct Internet number resource registry, and as a 
neutral and impartial organisation.

Kind regards and Happy New Year,

Marco Schmidt
Registration Services and Policy Development Assistant Manager
RIPE NCC


On 29/12/2019 06:45, Randy Bush wrote:
>> It would be nice if RIPE NCC could provide as part of its annual
>> report a list of incidents of this nature so we have an idea of how
>> wide-spread this is - or not.
> as i try not to indulge in schadenfreude, i don't have much use for this
> information.
>
> we spent some time in this space in rotterdam.  the presos were well
> done, but not my cup of coffee.  i am sure there were others who found
> it fascinating.  i guess that's what makes the world go 'round.
>
> randy
>