Yep. For the last month, I have been exclusively giving out GMail as "my personal email" instead of <personal domain>.ru, but it was more of an emotional thing.

Yep. For the last month, I have been exclusively giving out GMail as "my personal email" instead of <personal domain>.ru, but it was more of an emotional thing. Thinking of it, I genuinely don't know which of these is less reliable in the long run for a Russian citizen: GMail, Russian registrar or a foreign registrar for <personal domain>.<some other TLD>.