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Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

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Post by exizt88 »

Just received this email:

Dear XXXX,

Unfortunately, due to the Russian regime's war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, we will no longer be providing services to users registered in Russia. While we sympathize that this war may not affect your own views or opinion on the matter, the fact is, your authoritarian government is committing human rights abuses and engaging in war crimes so this is a policy decision we have made and will stand by.

If you hold any top-level domains with us, we ask that you transfer them to another provider by March 6, 2022.

Additionally, and with immediate effect, you will no longer be able to use Namecheap Hosting, EasyWP, and Private Email with a domain provided by another registrar in zones .ru, .xn--p1ai (рф), .by, .xn--90ais (бел), and .su. All websites will resolve to 403 Forbidden, however, you can contact us to assist you with your transfer to another provider.

Customer Support, Namecheap

Re: Namecheap: Russia Service Termination

#2

Post by exizt88 »

This is a really, really fucked up thing to do. Many Russians are currently scrambling to move their families and businesses abroad, away from Putin's regime (myself included). This will put additional pressure on people who are in a very difficult situation already and actively oppose the war.

I sincerely hope Namecheap reconsiders.

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#3

Post by kolbusa »

exizt88 wrote: post #2

This is a really, really fucked up thing to do. Many Russians are currently scrambling to move their families and businesses abroad, away from Putin's regime (myself included). This will put additional pressure on people who are in a very difficult situation already and actively oppose the war. I sincerely hope Namecheap reconsiders.

They have offices in Ukraine. I got this e-mail as well. This is collateral damage. You can get an another domain. Many people won't get their life back. Fuck Putin, fuck the war.

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#4

Post by vbezhenar »

While I'm not from Russia, I guess I have to move domains to the registrar in my country. It's just not safe to do any business abroad, when I can't go to the court in case of anything happens and all my property could be seized if someone wouldn't like actions of my government.

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Post by exizt88 »

kolbusa wrote: post #3
exizt88 wrote: post #2

This is a really, really fucked up thing to do. Many Russians are currently scrambling to move their families and businesses abroad, away from Putin's regime (myself included). This will put additional pressure on people who are in a very difficult situation already and actively oppose the war. I sincerely hope Namecheap reconsiders.

They have offices in Ukraine. I got this e-mail as well. This is collateral damage. You can get an another domain. Many people won't get their life back. Fuck Putin, fuck the war.

The only people who will suffer from this are the people who are currently in a difficult situation due to them fleeing from Russia. Big companies and people staying in Russia will easily absorb this, of course.

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Post by asats »

Not living in Russia (moved because of the government oppression) apparently is not sufficient to not be hit by this ban, just having any russia-related information gets you kicked out looks like. Really great move by them.

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Post by get52 »

kolbusa wrote: post #3
exizt88 wrote: post #2

This is a really, really fucked up thing to do. Many Russians are currently scrambling to move their families and businesses abroad, away from Putin's regime (myself included). This will put additional pressure on people who are in a very difficult situation already and actively oppose the war. I sincerely hope Namecheap reconsiders.

They have offices in Ukraine. I got this e-mail as well. This is collateral damage. You can get an another domain. Many people won't get their life back. Fuck Putin, fuck the war.

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Post by hurflmurfl »

Great, now amid looking for ways to get my family out I also have to find another registrar who will not do the same thing and transfer my domains so that my cloud and email are still working.

Any politically neutral registrars that HN crowd can recommend?

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