The network operator VusTelecomCentre (Universities Telecommunication Centre) was created for the purposes of RUNNet development and support.
Towards the end of 1994, the network already had 6 nodes, providing connectivity between Russian and International channels at 64 kbit/s.
In 1995, satellite nodes were established in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Ekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Saratov, Ulianovsk, Nizhni-Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, Tambov, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk and Irkutsk.
The first international RUNNet link operating at 256 kbit/s between Saint Petersburg and the Supercomputer Centre in Espoo (Finland) was established with NORDUnet in early 1995.
The resources of RUNNet are widely used by other Russian research and education networks such as RBnet, FREEnet, RUHEP/Radio-MSU, RELARN-IP, Moscow network, St. Petersburg State University and Perm National Research Polytechnic University.