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WHAT IS A .RU.COM DOMAIN

.ru.com Domain: An Unrestricted .com Address for Russia

.ru.com is not a top-level domain. the name ru.com is an ordinary record created in the .com register on 5 February 1996, and the addresses sold sit one level beneath it. The zone is operated by CentralNic Ltd — the registry arm of the London-listed Team Internet Group — and is served from ns1-4.centralnic.net. What the address does can be put in one sentence: it marks a name as Russian while still ending in the .com everyone recognises.

On eligibility, .ru.com is almost a blank page: the operator's terms ask for a single representation — that you have the right to use the name forming the prefix. Russia's own zone .ru is not closed to foreigners, but from 1 September 2026 registration and renewal there require identity confirmation through a verified Gosuslugi (ESIA) account. The term is stated plainly: a whole number of years between one and ten, extendable by renewal. No such layer exists under ru.com: the operator asks for no identity verification and registers on the applicant's own representation.

This zone has no rules page of its own: ru.com does not open in a browser, and the rules are read from the operator's general terms written for all of its zones. That text says the operator may suspend or delete a name when payment is not received, but gives no day counts — so for the post-expiry calendar, work from the dates your registrar gives you. Trademark disputes run under the CDRP, and the policy lists this zone by name. The zone is signed with DNSSEC. Check your name on the domain name search page.

This address depends on one upstream record: ru.com exists as a single record in its parent register, and every address beneath it depends on that record being maintained. The record stands today, the zone is signed with DNSSEC and live names sit under it at independent registrars, so nothing technical is amiss. But there is one layer more than under a country extension taken directly: there your counterparty is the national registry, here the registry operator 8 Inc. and its technical provider CentralNic sit in between. Weigh that if this is the address your brand will carry for years.
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.RU.COM Domain at a Glance

  • Registry operator CentralNic Ltd (Team Internet Group)
  • Technical registry services CentralNic Ltd — ns1-4.centralnic.net
  • ru.com record created 5 February 1996
  • Eligibility None — only a representation of the right to use the name
  • Dispute route CDRP — mediation, then a panel
  • Governing law English law — English courts
  • Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .ru.com domain
  • Country Russia
  • Character Length 1 - 63 characters
  • Registration Period 1 - 10 years
  • Name Server Count 1 - 10 servers

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.ru.com 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.

  • Transfer

    $180.69 /year
  • Renewal

    $194.59 /year
  • Restore

    $279.90
  • Late Renewal

    $27.80

Included With Every .ru.com Domain

  • 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.

  • Domain lock

    While the lock is on, nobody can move your domain to another registrar without your approval.

  • Domain forwarding

    Point the domain at your existing site, a campaign page or a social profile — at no extra cost.

  • Free WHOIS privacy

    Your name, address and phone stay out of public WHOIS records, which cuts down spam and scam calls.

.ru.com Domain Lifecycle

Active registration term 1 - 10 years You choose it at registration
Renewal window 20 days After expiry, with a late renewal fee
Redemption period 30 days After deletion, with a restore fee
Last day to act Day 50 After this day there is no way back

What happens day by day after it expires

Day 0 is the domain's expiry date

In short: your .ru.com 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.

What happens day by day after it expires Lifecycle diagram for .ru.com, left to right: the name starts out available; once registered, the site and e-mail work; day 0 is the expiry date and the domain goes on Client Hold; for the first 20 days renewal at the normal price stays open; on day 20 the registration is deleted and a 30-day redemption period begins; on day 50 redemption closes and a 5-day pending delete window starts; on day 55 the name is open to anyone again. The site and e-mail stay down from day 0 through day 55. Renewal possible Renewal possible (late fee) Restore possible (for a fee) Nothing works Open to anyone Available Registered 1 - 10 years Renewal Window 20 days Redemption Period 30 days Pending delete 5 days Open to anyone EXPIRED Day 0 Expiry date Day 20 Domain deleted Day 50 Restore closes Day 55 Name released Website and e-mail work Website and e-mail are down — Client Hold
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Domain Is Available (Available)

Open-ended

A .ru.com 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)

1 - 10 years

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)

Day 0 – 20

On its expiry date your .ru.com 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 $27.80 late renewal fee is now added to the renewal price; renewing before the expiry date avoids that fee entirely.

Redemption Period (Redemption / RGP)

Day 20 – 50

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)

Day 50 – 55

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)

After day 55

On day 55 the name .ru.com 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

.ru.com Domain Specifications and Registration Rules

Registration conditions, supported features and the registry's own timelines in a single table.

.ru.com Domain Registration

  • Document Requirement No documents are required to register a .ru.com domain
  • Country Russia
  • Character Length 1 - 63 characters
  • Registration Period 1 - 10 years
  • Name Server Count 1 - 10 servers

.ru.com Domain Support

  • IDN Support No
  • Transfer Support Yes
  • Late Renewal Support Yes

Frequently Asked Questions About .ru.com Domains

The questions people actually ask before registering — answered plainly.

  • No. The operator's terms ask for a single representation: that you have the right to use the name forming the prefix. Nationality, residency, a tax number and a local contact are not asked for, and no paperwork is uploaded during the application. A company established in Türkiye and a private individual register on the same terms. Accurate registration data is, however, a contractual duty: false or incomplete contact details are listed among the grounds on which the operator may cancel the name.

  • The difference is identity verification, and it grew in 2026. .ru is not closed to foreigners, but from 1 September 2026 registration and renewal there are possible only after identity confirmation through a verified Gosuslugi (ESIA) account; the rule covers new and existing holders alike, non-residents included. .ru.com has no such layer: the operator asks for no identity verification, registers on the applicant's own representation, and the address ends in .com.

  • From one to ten years, in whole years. You choose the term when you apply and extend it by renewal. One detail matters for expiry tracking: the rules place the reminder duty on the registrar, not the registry, so the warning reaches you from the company you buy through. If payment is not received, the operator may suspend or delete the name, and a fee may be charged to bring a suspended name back. Day counts after expiry are not published, so follow the dates your registrar gives you.

  • Through the operator's own procedure, the CDRP. The policy lists twenty zones by name and .ru.com is among them. The test mirrors UDRP's three elements: the name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark, the holder has no rights or legitimate interest, and the name was registered or is being used in bad faith. Two differences stand out: a free mediation stage with the operator comes first, lasts up to ten days and locks the name meanwhile; if no settlement follows, an arbitration provider administers the case and the decision is written within fourteen days.

  • The operator's general terms do not devote a clause to transfers, but the mechanism works in practice: names in this zone sit at many independent registrars and the records carry the standard transfer-lock statuses. The flow matches any other .com address: obtain the transfer code from your current registrar, make sure the name is not locked, and submit the request to the new provider. You can read the current status on the whois search page and start the request on the domain transfer page.

  • By default, no. In the measurement of 13 August 2026 the zone's whois responses did not show the holder's name, address or phone number; in their place the server returns a contact form address on the operator's site, so someone who wants to reach you can leave a message without seeing your identity. The operator's general terms frame this as a choice: unless you have opted out, the details you supply are published in whois. The domain, name server and date fields stay open; you can query your address on the whois search page.

  • Yes. In the measurement of 13 August 2026 the zone carried its own DS records, so it stands as a signed delegation in the parent register. That means two things. First, technical assurance: a resolver can verify that the DNS answer returned to you was not altered in transit. Second, authenticity: carrying separate DS records is independent evidence that a sub-zone is a real registry zone. If you want to sign your own name, the operator's DNSSEC practice statement says DS records can be submitted through the registrar console or via EPP.

  • Technically no: .ru.com is not a top-level domain but a zone opened beneath the name ru.com in the .com register. Its registry is not the Russian national registry either. What the address does convey when read is a country focus, and that is exactly what the zone was built for: projects aimed at Russia that either do not meet the country extension's conditions or cannot find the name they want there. Treat it as a market signal rather than an official national identity — and note that the legal frame is the operator's chosen law, not the country's.

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