
Could the Russian news agency Ria Novosti be the victim of DDNS or are they being blocked by national groups from distributing their propaganda over the internet in response to the South Ossetian escalation. As of 12:00 EST no DNS access to en.rian.ru is possible from North America.
Further research through Traceroutes and Whois database lookups indicate:
No match for "RIAN.RU".
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