news GoDaddy stops selling .ru domains, commits money to support Ukraine, IONOS is terminating all Russian customers

[domnest]

GoDaddy said 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.

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

More Details :
https://www.ionos.com/newsroom/news/we-stand-with-ukraine/
https://aboutus.godaddy.net/newsroo...s-Supporting-Ukrainian-Customers/default.aspx
https://domainincite.com/27602-godaddy-stops-selling-ru-domains-commits-money-to-support-ukraine
https://domainnamewire.com/2022/03/03/godaddy-namecheap-and-ionos-partially-pull-the-plug-in-russia/

 

[novasyd]

Haha, fk*in idiots.

 

[BRANDERX]

I think GoDaddy's approach has been the most sensible. They're taking a stand, also trying to avoid targeting ordinary citizens, such as closing their accounts or "terminating services".

 

[simonpan]

Haha, fk*in idiots.

reported obscene language

 

[alcy]

wow I think there is couple longterm ionos users from russia right on np...sucks for.em

not every russian is like putin

 

[Samer]

Godaddy, virtue-signaling, as always!

Little too late, plus GD’s weak outside U.S.

I suspect, Russia’s <1% of Godaddy market.

 

[Donmarick]

It was expectable that sooner or later domain market will also be affected.