[regional-russia] RIPE Database person registration (selection of nic-hdl)

Hello.

I attempt to register person in RIPE Database. Some time ago I was
searching for unused nic-hdl by change numbers. But it is not works
now:

$ whois DBS3-RIPE
% This is the RIPE Database query service.
% The objects are in RPSL format.
%
% The RIPE Database is subject to Terms and Conditions.
% See http://www.ripe.net/db/support/db-terms-conditions.pdf

%ERROR:101: no entries found
%
% No entries found in the selected source(s).

but I receive reply:

notify:          .....
nic-hdl:         DBS3-RIPE
mnt-by:          .....
changed:         .....
source:          RIPE
***Error: The nic-hdl 'DBS3-RIPE' is not available.

Has something changed in rules ?

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Regards, Sergey Y. Afonin
asy at kraft-s.ru