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Moscow Internet Exchange
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<p>MSK-IX (Moscow Internet eXchange) is an <a href="/facts/Internet_exchange_point/mFKWfkMc">Internet eXchange Point (IXP)</a> with headquarters in <a href="/facts/Moscow/XUU6VkdY">Moscow</a>, <a href="/facts/Russia/jfkCwyxn">Russia</a>. With over 549 connected networks and 7,7 Tbps of peak traffic (February 2025), MSK-IX is one of the <a href="/facts/List_of_Internet_exchange_points_by_size/WdXAB2tN">world's largest IXPs</a>. According to the Internet Exchange Report by Hurricane Electric Internet Services, MSK-IX is the largest IXP in Russia and 17th largest in the world by the numbers of members. </p><p>MSK-IX operates Internet eXchanges (IXes) in 9 cities: <a href="/facts/Moscow/XUU6VkdY">Moscow</a>, <a href="/facts/Saint_Petersburg/pNuCBxaM">St. Petersburg</a>, <a href="/facts/Rostov-on-Don/CqHJash1">Rostov-on-Don</a>, <a href="/facts/Stavropol/uA56FWgo">Stavropol</a>, <a href="/facts/Samara/3UQ0dGG9">Samara</a>, <a href="/facts/Kazan/dpeeCpGH">Kazan</a>, <a href="/facts/Ekaterinburg/PgF4pldC">Ekaterinburg</a>, <a href="/facts/Novosibirsk/8UImC3vI">Novosibirsk</a>, <a href="/facts/Vladivostok/NQQrTaMY">Vladivostok</a> and maintains an access <a href="/facts/Point_of_presence/GIvoTNvx">PoP</a> in <a href="/facts/Riga/PCWbJn2h">Riga</a> (<a href="/facts/Latvia/y2PSa8lx">Latvia</a>). MSK-IX operates a distributed <a href="/facts/Domain_Name_System/rfxdWFsj">DNS</a> platform, which provides <a href="/facts/Authoritative_name_server/pUgmBMNW">authoritative name servers</a> for the <a href="/facts/Country_code_top-level_domain/z1edVsqQ">country-code top-level domains</a> (<a href="/facts/Country_code_top-level_domain/z1edVsqQ">ccTLDs</a>) <a href="/facts/.ru/fsMQSYQ5">.RU</a> and <a href="/facts/.ru/fsMQSYQ5">.РФ</a> for Russia. Also it operates <a href="/facts/Alternative_DNS_root/s7L2Dh1c">alternative DNS root servers</a> of Russian National Domain Name System for <a href="/facts/Federal_Service_for_Supervision_of_Communications,_Information_Technology_and_Mass_Media/n7nbGdY9">Roskomnadzor</a> due to (<a href="/facts/Sovereign_Internet_Law/MKvVB6bG">Sovereign Internet Law</a>). </p>