On the press conference was held on September 30 2011, during the celebration of the Internet day in Moscow, Artem Ermolaev, the head of Information Technologies Department of Moscow, announced the capital government supports the initiative of .MOSCOW and .МОСКВА implementation. "Moscow understands the Internet today is an environment for communication and together with New York and some other cities plans to apply for implementation of .MOSCOW and .МОСКВА domains that will be introduced in addition to RU and RF TLDs", — said Ermolaev.