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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.
by Barbing 8mo ago
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.
- DaSHacka 8mo agoPretty 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
- Insimwytim 8mo agoThis is incorrect.
- Barbing 8mo agoOnly certain services?
- Insimwytim 8mo agoOnly to certain entities.
- DaSHacka 8mo agoIs it? https://thewolfgroup.com/blog/executive-order-us-professionals-can-no-longer-provide-services-to-clients-inside-the-russian-federation/ https://thewolfgroup.com/blog/executive-order-us-professiona...
- throw-the-towel 8mo agoNamecheap is Ukrainian, of course they won't sell you a .ru domain.
- craftkiller 8mo agoIs 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
- throw-the-towel 8mo agoI remember that in 2022 a sizeable part of their workforce was located in Ukraine. Too lazy to search for proof, sorry!
- justsomehnguy 8mo agoIt is. Just punch it's name in the search box down below.
- mkl 8mo agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30504812 Top comment is from the CEO and explains: "We have people on the ground in Ukraine being bombarded now non stop."
- craftkiller 8mo agoI'm not questioning whether or not they have Ukrainian employees, I'm questioning the statement "Namecheap is Ukrainian". That post+comment does not address that. McDonalds has employees in Vietnam but McDonalds is not Vietnamese.