This is really wrong. I'm a Russian national, and I'm not supporting aggression towards Ukraine. In contrast, I've spent last two days in police after being detained due to the fact that I dared to express my condemnation in public protest.
I am not my government, and apart from starting a one-man revolution with a pretty obvious result, I'm doing everything I can to raise awareness, condemn actions of Russian government, and put an end to this. I've been doing so since 2011, back when I was a college student.
Namecheap -- this is a low move. While I do understand that your company has a lot of Ukrainian employees, all of which are in grave danger, you're not doing anyone a favor by making a shitty life of most Russian nationals even shittier.
> your company has a lot of Ukrainian employees
That raises a question: how to find a domain registar without a lot of Ukrainian employees ?
According to the recent leak, Epik has them a lot as well.
Could we crowdsource such a list of registrars sorted by nationality of their employees to be prepared to the geo risks?
It is really hard to me to answer this. I was able to find a private Russian-based registar, which at least on the surface has no ties to the government or government-controlled entities and works with ICANN directly.
Other people are trying to move to Cloudflare -- but my banking cards are already not working, and I can't pay in USD for their services. Plus to that, even if somebody manages to move to Cloudflare or GoDaddy, there's no guarantee that they won't pull the plug as well.
>Could we crowdsource such a list of registrars sorted by nationality of their employees to be prepared to the geo risks?
People here are suggesting nic.ru, which I presume would have a pretty low risk of getting kicked off.
One of my websites is blocked by Roskomnadzor, so I'd prefer an offshore registrar :(
Consider njal.la.
njal.la. Sign up via tor, pay with crypto. They'll never know where you're from, nor do they want to.
Ooo very nifty. Thank you.
Regardless of your intentions, your list idea would be used for racist discrimination.
You might consider a list of registrars that do stuff you disagree with instead.
No, it's about protecting against racist discrimination.
I would prefer to work with companies where different nationalities are represented.
90%+ of employees in one country (be it Ukraine, Russia, USA or China) is a geo-risk for clients.
And mind you, Namecheap doesn't ban clients based on their agreement or disagreement with something. It bans pro-Ukrainian dissidents in Russia too.
Racism culture thrives in mono-ethnic companies and this Namecheap case is a good example
The best approach is probably to have multiple domains from multiple registrars and registries for your website.
All of this also applies to the sanctions making the ruble and Russian stock market crumble. It's a piece of a larger whole.
Keep explaining to the Russian person why these actions impacting their life are good.
Since no one said it, many thanks for your courage and actions opposing Putin!