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And IONOS partially pull the plug on Russia — GoDaddy, Namecheap

And IONOS partially pull the plug on Russia — GoDaddy, Namecheap

GoDaddy is extending services for free and nixing .ru, IONOS and Namecheap kick off Russian clients.

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Domain name registrars are responding to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Today, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) stated it is removing Russia’s .ru and .ru.com (a CentralNic subdomain targeted to Russia) from its top level domain options and removing .ru from the aftermarket. It’s also closing the Russian version of its website and will no longer accept the Russian Ruble as currency.

GoDaddy is also supporting people in Ukraine, counting renewing any product that expires in the next 60 days at no charge.

IONOS, a sizable registrar part of United Internet, is terminating all Russian clients and refusing to take fresh ones. It’s also reviewing all of its supplier relationships.

Namecheap was the first sizable registrar to take action. It is kicking all Russian clients off its platform except for dissident and anti-war sites, which it will serve for free.

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