Namecheap won’t sell it which is great because it made me pause and wonder whether it's legal for an American to send Russians money for a TLD.

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throw-the-towel 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Namecheap is Ukrainian, of course they won't sell you a .ru domain.

	▲	craftkiller an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Is it? Wikipedia says: > Namecheap is a U.S. based domain name registrar and web hosting service company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. and in 2025 they were purchased by: > CVC Capital Partners plc is a Jersey-based private equity and investment advisory firm

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DaSHacka 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Pretty sure it is, however, the reverse is actually illegal (for US citizens to provide professional services to anyone residing in Russia) as of like 2022-ish