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Bokov Vasiliy wrote:
> Hello,
>>From www.ripe.net I receive such information:
> -----------------------
> inetnum: 82.198.0.0 - 82.198.7.255
> netname: SATGATE-NET-NL (SatGate Network, Netherlands)
> country: RU # AM AZ BY BA BG GE KZ KG LV LT MK MD PL RO TJ TM UA UZ YU IR LB
> TR
> ------------------
> What is a counry for this IP range? What mean such range? Can you explain
> me? Or maybe you can
> give URL to the place where I can investigate this question?
> Thank you.

This looks like a satellite network. I am guessing that the countries listed 
are all within the range of the network. Engin Gunduz of the RIPE NCC did a 
presentation about the "country:" attribute in the RIPE Database, and some 
of the problems with it, at RIPE 48:

http://www.ripe.net/ripe/meetings/ripe-48/presentations/ripe48-db-country.pdf

-- 
Shane Kerr
RIPE NCC