Domain registrar Namecheapis sending emails to customers registered from Russia, saying it will no longer provide them with services due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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"Unfortunately, due to the Russian regime's war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine, we will no longer provide services to users registered in Russia," the company said in emails sent earlier today.
«While we understand that this war may not affect your view or opinion on the matter, your authoritarian government commits human rights violations and is involved in war crimes, therefore this is a political decision we have taken and will uphold.»
Namecheap also asked Russian users to move their top-level domains to other providers by March 6 and offered to help those seeking assistance with the migration.
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The company added that all affected domains will be automatically configured to display a 403 error.
“If you own top-level domains with us, we ask that you transfer them to another provider by March 6, 2022,” Namecheap added.
“Furthermore, 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 the .ru, .xn--p1ai (рф), .by, .xn–90ais (бел), and .su zones.“
The CEO of Namecheap told Russians that there are many other providers they can choose to receive the same services. He also stated that they should not be angry with the company's decision, and that the real culprit for the situation is their government.
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Namecheap is a technology company based in the USA, with more than 1,700 employees in 18 countries.
Provides domain registration, DNS, website hosting and other services to more than 2 million customers worldwide and manages more than 14 million domains.
