.moscow Domain: The City Written in Latin Script
.moscow entered the root zone on 17 April 2014 under an ICANN registry agreement dated 19 December 2013, and the contracting party is the FAITID foundation of Moscow. The registry describes the extension as an additional means of drawing an audience to sites directly connected with Moscow and the Moscow region. As of 12 August 2026 the zone holds 13,014 registrations.
City businesses, tourism and event projects, local media, cultural institutions, property sites and brands addressing the city all register here. There is no eligibility test: the General Registration Policy keeps registration open to residents and non-residents of the Russian Federation alike, natural persons and entities. Try candidates on the .moscow domain search screen, and see the .melbourne page for a city ending that does impose a link test.
The same registry operates two distinct top-level domains for the city, one in Latin script and one in Cyrillic. The registration policy for this ending allows only the Latin letters a–z, digits and hyphens in a label; Cyrillic spelling belongs to the sibling extension. The consequence is practical: they are not equivalents of one another but separate addresses, and holding one does not cover the other. If your audience will type the address on a Cyrillic keyboard, plan for both; if you are reached only in Latin script, this ending stands on its own. The decision turns on which keyboard your visitor uses.
.MOSCOW Domain at a Glance
- Registry operator FAITID foundation (Moscow)
- Root zone entry 17 April 2014
- Eligibility None; open to non-residents as well
- Zone size 13,014 registrations (12 August 2026)
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .moscow domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.moscow Domain Prices — No Surprise Fees
Registration, transfer and renewal fees are listed separately. The renewal price can differ from the first-year price, so you see both up front.
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New Registration
$27.99 /year -
Transfer
$34.99 /year -
Renewal
$34.99 /year -
Restore
$79.90
Included With Every .moscow Domain
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Free DNS management
Change A, MX, TXT and CNAME records yourself from the panel — no waiting on anyone when you move a site or mailbox.
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Domain lock
While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.
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Domain forwarding
Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.
.moscow Domain Lifecycle
What happens day by day after it expires
Day 0 is the domain's expiry dateIn short: your .moscow domain is put on Client Hold on its expiry date, so the site and e-mail stop that same day. You can still renew during the first 20 days, but from this point a late renewal fee is added on top of the renewal price. On day 20 the registration is deleted and until day 50 only a paid restore brings it back. Nothing at all can be done in the 5 days that follow, and on day 55 the name is open to anyone. There is exactly one way never to enter this chain: keep auto-renewal on.
Domain Is Available (Available)
A .moscow address at this stage has not been taken yet, and it goes to whoever registers first. Check the name you have in mind — if it is free, it can be yours within minutes.
Domain Is Active (Active Period)
Once registration is complete, the domain is registered to you for the term you selected. You can renew at any point before it expires to keep it active, or switch on auto-renewal so you never have to watch the date.
Renewal Window (Client Hold)
On its expiry date your .moscow domain is put on Client Hold: the site and e-mail go down that day, but the registration is still yours. A single renewal within these first 20 days brings everything back exactly as it was — nothing is lost. The only difference is that a late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.
Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)
On day 20 the registration is deleted and the 30-day redemption period that ICANN requires of every gTLD registry begins. The name is not released to anyone during this time; only you can take it back, by paying the restore fee, until day 50. That fee is far higher than a renewal — renewing on time is always the cheaper route.
Pending Delete (Pending Delete)
Once the redemption window closes too, the domain enters its final 5 days and there is no way back. Neither renewal nor restore works here; nobody — your registrar included — can return the name to you. The registry uses this window as the last hold before the name goes back into the pool.
Open to Anyone Again (Released)
On day 55 the name .moscow returns to the pool and anyone can register it. Sought-after names are often gone within seconds, and there is no guaranteed way to get one back. Yet staying out of this timeline is entirely in your hands: leave auto-renewal on and the expiry date will never catch you off guard.
The timeline above is the schedule Atak Domain applies and publishes. The ICANN chart you will find elsewhere shows a renewal window of up to 45 days after expiry; ICANN's policy on expired registrations (section 2.2.1) lets registrars delete an expired domain at any time, provided they disclose their policy in advance. We apply that window as 20 days and publish it here in plain sight. Full text of the policy: ICANN Expired Registration Recovery Policy
.moscow Domain Specifications and Registration Rules
Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.
.moscow Domain Registration
- Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .moscow domain
- Character Length 1 - 63 characters
- Registration Period 1 - 10 years
- Name Server Count 2 - 10 servers
.moscow Domain Support
- IDN Support No
- Transfer Support Yes
- Late Renewal Support Yes
Frequently Asked Questions About .moscow Domains
The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.
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Yes. The General Registration Policy states its scope plainly: registration is open to all users, meaning residents and non-residents of the Russian Federation, natural persons and legal entities alike. No residence, tax record or city connection is required. Check whether a name is free on the .moscow search page.
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No. The registration policy permits only the Latin letters a to z, digits and hyphens in a label, and the name must begin and end with a letter or a digit. Cyrillic spelling is the business of the sibling extension run by the same registry, and that is a separate domain. If you are planning both scripts, test the candidates on the bulk domain search screen.
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The registration policy sets a minimum of one character and a maximum of 63. In practice most one- and two-character names are either reserved or have been held for years. The policy separately prohibits registering names containing words contrary to the public interest, to principles of humanity or to public morals; that rule operates independently of the syntax requirements.
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Yes, the extension follows gTLD transfer rules. Take the authorisation code from your current provider, lift the transfer lock and start the request at the new one. Because the choice of registrars carrying this zone can be narrow, confirm that the gaining registrar actually supports the extension before you begin. Run it from the domain transfer page.
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Through the registration record. Data is queried over RDDS and personal details are redacted under applicable law, but whether the name is registered, which registrar holds it and when the term expires all remain visible. If you are considering acquiring a name, starting with those three facts is the most efficient route. Run the query from the whois search page.
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The extension imposes no hosting requirement; you manage name servers freely. On city-focused sites traffic concentrates around local working hours, so caching and image sizes matter more than raw capacity. Serve the address over HTTPS: compare options on the SSL certificate page and choose an environment on the hosting page.
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