[Barbing]

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.

[throw-the-towel]

Namecheap is Ukrainian, of course they won't sell you a .ru domain.

[craftkiller]

Is 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

[mkl]

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]

I'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.

[throw-the-towel]

I remember that in 2022 a sizeable part of their workforce was located in Ukraine. Too lazy to search for proof, sorry!

[justsomehnguy]

It is. Just punch it's name in the search box down below.

[DaSHacka]

Pretty 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]

This is incorrect.

[DaSHacka]

Is it?

https://thewolfgroup.com/blog/executive-order-us-professiona...

[Barbing]

Only certain services?

[Insimwytim]

Only to certain entities.