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    A key difference here is: "to users registered in Russia". That's not IP-based. That's account-based. Commented Mar 3, 2022 at 11:18
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    And that's vaguely a different question - and a messy one, over doing business in russia or with russian entities. Commented Mar 3, 2022 at 12:47
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    Note that services like Namecheap restored access to several Russian sites which are opposing the government, or humanitarian organisations. Unlike an IP ban, this is a case where you have a chance to appeal. Commented Mar 3, 2022 at 13:29
  • Curiously, most of the spam and phishing emails we get ask the recipient to click on domains which are registered with Namecheap. It will be interesting to see if this makes any difference. Commented Mar 9, 2022 at 10:07
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    by doing this, namecheap helped Putin with millions of dollars and took away potential help for Ukrainians. linkedin.com/pulse/… Commented Mar 12, 2022 at 5:23
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    "the fact is, your authoritarian government is committing human rights abuses and engaging in war crimes so this is a policy decision we have made and will stand by" That's definitely not a precedent to imitate given how frequently this COULD be applied to citizens of other nations (USA, China, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, Israel, Sudan, Ethiopia, and so many other nations...) which if applied consistently and broadly could be absurdly inconvenient for lots of people. Commented Mar 17, 2022 at 12:14
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    @MichelRouzic hey if enough people fight for it, maybe we will reach world peace finally ^^ Commented Mar 17, 2022 at 18:26
  • @MichelRouzic Yes, let's start doing it for all those places. Commented Mar 24, 2022 at 13:59