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Text of report by heavyweight Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta on 25 June [Editorial: "Cyrillic phantom.

Bulgaria tables request to register internet domain in Cyrillic SOFIA, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Bulgaria became the first country to request the registration of an Internet domain in Cyrillic, the Bulgarian State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications (SAITC) said Monday.

As part of the Kremlin’s initiative to promote Russian as a global language, the nation’s president Dmitry Medvedev has requested a dedicated Internet domain name for Russia in the Cyrillic script.

The Russian government's desire for a Cyrillic Internet suggests an attempt to oversee Web access despite claims of Internet security, a British newspaper said.