Buy .net.ru Domain Name

No. The IANA root zone database lists only .ru and .рф for Russia. net.ru is a domain name registered at the second level inside .RU; the name you take here opens beneath it at the third level. The registry's WHOIS service confirms this: the NET.RU record carries a creation date of 10 July 1997, the registrar RU-CENTER-RU and a paid-till date of 31 July 2027. So net.ru is a paid-up domain name that looks, in the register, like any other .ru name.

The Regional Network Information Center, known as RU-CENTER. net.ru's own record shows RU-CENTER-RU as the registrar, and its administrative contact field points directly to that operator's lookup page. Also, only RU-CENTER's lookup server knows the third-level names, and it signs its answer with its own source; the Coordination Center's server replies «no entries found» for the same names.

Only to the zone itself. The «Rules of registration of domain names in .RU and .РФ» expressly limits its scope to second-level names. net.ru is a second-level name, so those rules apply to net.ru itself. The term, renewal calendar, dispute route and privacy regime of third-level names beneath net.ru follow the terms of the organisation that operates the zone. Those terms cannot be read from the texts published for .ru; confirm them with your registrar before ordering.

No, because the zone is not signed. As of October 2026 there are neither DS records in the parent zone nor DNSKEY records in the zone for net.ru; the same holds for the sibling zones org.ru and pp.ru. The parent zone .ru, by contrast, is signed — DS records in the root, DNSKEY records in the zone. So a name taken under .net.ru cannot be attached to the DNSSEC chain. If validated DNS matters, consider .ru directly.

RU-CENTER's own server. The two differ clearly: the server belonging to the Coordination Center's technical centre returns «no entries found» when asked about a name beneath net.ru, and knows only NET.RU itself. RU-CENTER's server, by contrast, returns a full record for registered names of that class — creation date, paid-till date, registrar, state and name servers — and states its own source at the end of the answer.

According to the Coordination Center, from 1 September 2026 registration and renewal in .ru and .рф depend on «Gosuslugi» (ЕСИА) identity verification; the requirement is written for second-level names. The position of third-level names beneath net.ru depends on the conditions of the organisation operating the zone, so for your own registration you will need confirmation from your registrar.

Structurally there is none. Both are domain names registered at the second level inside .RU, and both were created on 10 July 1997, seconds apart, are supported by the same registrar and carry the same paid-till date. They share the same set of name servers, and neither is signed with DNSSEC. The only difference is the signal carried in the label: «net» suggests technical and infrastructure use, while «org» in .org.ru suggests an organisation.