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inetnum:        178.159.16.0 - 178.159.31.255
netname:        RU-MTU-20100824
geoloc:         53.407158 58.980282
country:        RU
org:            ORG-ZM1-RIPE
admin-c:        MTU1-RIPE
tech-c:         MTU1-RIPE
status:         ALLOCATED PA
mnt-by:         MTU-NOC
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
created:        2024-04-18T09:22:37Z
last-modified:  2024-04-18T09:22:37Z
source:         RIPE

organisation:   ORG-ZM1-RIPE
org-name:       MTS PJSC
country:        RU
org-type:       LIR
address:        Smolenskaya-Sennaya sq., 27 bld 2
address:        119121
address:        Moscow
address:        RUSSIAN FEDERATION
phone:          +74957213499
fax-no:         +74992318129
admin-c:        LAP-RIPE
admin-c:        TABY-RIPE
admin-c:        LMUR-RIPE
admin-c:        YUF-RIPE
admin-c:        RPS-RIPE
abuse-c:        MAB8359-RIPE
mnt-ref:        RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-ref:        MTU-NOC
mnt-by:         RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT
mnt-by:         MTU-NOC
created:        2004-04-17T11:55:44Z
last-modified:  2024-01-16T14:42:44Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

role:           MTS backbone NOC
address:        PJSC MTS / former CJSC Comstar-Direct
address:        Petrovsky blvd 12, bldg 3
address:        P.O. BOX 4711 127051
address:        Moscow, Russia
remarks:        **************************************
remarks:        Contact addresses:
remarks:        routing & peering noc@mtu.ru
remarks:        spam & security abuse@mtu.ru
remarks:        mail postmaster@mtu.ru
remarks:        ddos reports ddos-reports@mtu.ru
remarks:        **************************************
phone:          +7 495 721-34-99
fax-no:         +7 495 956-07-07
admin-c:        EDA-RIPE
admin-c:        RPS-RIPE
tech-c:         EDA-RIPE
nic-hdl:        MTU1-RIPE
mnt-by:         MTU-NOC
created:        2002-10-18T13:29:19Z
last-modified:  2022-04-08T13:50:05Z
source:         RIPE # Filtered

% Information related to '178.159.28.0/24AS25086'

route:          178.159.28.0/24
descr:          COMSTAR_MGN_NET_II_13
origin:         AS25086
mnt-by:         UTC-MNT
created:        2013-04-02T11:52:14Z
last-modified:  2013-04-02T11:52:14Z
source:         RIPE

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