<div dir="ltr">Yep, I completely agree. I also think if they had done anything else, it would have been a reputation-ending.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 8:19 AM Jorge Amodio <<a href="mailto:jmamodio@gmail.com">jmamodio@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br><div>I believe it is a proper response, besides that it is not right for ICANN to get in the middle of this type of conflict, in situations like this, increasing the flow of real information counters the flow of misinformation.</div><div><br></div><div>-J</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 7:05 AM John Curran <<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net" target="_blank">jcurran@arin.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">



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ICANN response request from the Ukraine regarding various DNS interventions – <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/marby-to-fedorov-02mar22-en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/marby-to-fedorov-02mar22-en.pdf</a>
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<div>On 2 Mar 2022, at 1:01 AM, John Curran <<a href="mailto:jcurran@arin.net" target="_blank">jcurran@arin.net</a>> wrote:</div>
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Regarding the portion of the request to the RIPE NCC to withdraw the relevant Russia registered IP address blocks, it appears that the RIPE NCC has reiterated their position on such disputes - 
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<div>On 1 Mar 2022, at 3:25 AM, Ryan Hamel <<a href="mailto:administrator@rkhtech.org" target="_blank">administrator@rkhtech.org</a>> wrote:</div>
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<b>From:</b><span> </span>NANOG <<a href="mailto:nanog-bounces+ryan=rkhtech.org@nanog.org" target="_blank">nanog-bounces+ryan=rkhtech.org@nanog.org</a>><span> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span> </span></b>George
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<b>Sent:</b><span> </span>Tuesday, March 1, 2022 12:17 AM<br>
<b>To:</b><span> </span>Nanog <<a href="mailto:nanog@nanog.org" target="_blank">nanog@nanog.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b><span> </span>Ukraine request yikes<u></u><u></u></div>
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Posted by Bill Woodcock on Twitter… <a href="https://twitter.com/woodyatpch/status/1498472865301098500?s=21" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/woodyatpch/status/1498472865301098500?s=21</a><u></u><u></u></div>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature">Sincerely,<br> <br>Jason W Kuehl<br>Cell 920-419-8983<br><a href="mailto:jason.w.kuehl@gmail.com" target="_blank">jason.w.kuehl@gmail.com</a></div>