TLD Information


Zone Info
.RU is the official ccTLD fo the Federation of Russia
Zone Use
A .RU can only be registered through us by a corporation.
Characters (Min.3, Max.63)
Letter and numbers, hyphens "-", however not at the beginning or directly infront of the TLD.
Registration period
1 to 1 Years
Add Grace Period
0 Days (Add grace period is the period in which you can delete a domain and receive the refund of costs involved.)
Autorenew Grace Period
0 Days (The autorenew grace period is the period in which your domains will get autorenewed without an immediate debit of the respective costs. During the autorenew grace period you still have the possibility of deleting the domain.)
Deletion process
Is the process necessary for you to complete a domain deletion:

Besides the deletion request through our system you have to sent an original cancelation letter by post to the registry. Further information can be found at: http://www.nic.ru/dns/docs/en/termination.html

Deletion timeframe
This refers to the deletion period in which your domain deletion command must be received by, in order not to have the domain renewed and charged accordingly:

2 Days prior to the expiration date

IDN capable
Not offered at this point in time
Restrictions
the nameserver list must contain at least two nameservers in different /24 networks. A change of ownership has to be done directly through RU-Center
Registry
RU-Center
Dispute Policy
http://www.nic.ru/dns/service/en/
WHOIS-Update
Please contact RU-Center
WHOIS-Server
whois.nic.ru
Registration System
Proprietary / not real-time
Transfers
Not supported at this point in time.
Transfer procedure
Not supported at this point in time.
Transfer notes
Not supported at this point in time.
Transfer time