March 19, 2019
12:34 p.m.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs, Russian Federation, has a Russian IDN which is мвд.рф<https://xn--b1aew.xn--p1ai> It has the best Alexa ranking I have so far seen for an IDN. At time of writing, 404 in Russia and 9174 globally. See alexa.com/siteinfo/xn--b1aew.xn--p1ai#trafficstats<http://alexa.com/siteinfo/xn--b1aew.xn--p1ai#trafficstats> All good so far but there is something even better😀 This ministry has an ASCII which is mvd.ru<http://mvd.ru>. This ASCII redirects to the the Russian IDN😀 As you all know, it is usually the IDN that redirects to an ASCII. Anyone encountered an IDN with a better Alexa ranking or encountered any ASCII DN that redirects to an IDN? André Schappo