Now Sedo pulls the plug on Russians
Secondary market player Sedo has become the latest domain name company to stop dealing with Russians and Russian domains.
The company sent an email to its customers today saying that it has “suspended trading and parking” for .ru domains and domains in Belarus’ .by ccTLD.
It said it can no longer serve customers in Russia or Belarus and has “temporarily deactivated” their accounts.
It’s not clear whether the move is motivated by Sedo taking a principled stance against the war in Ukraine, or necessitated by the company’s inability to process cross-border payments due to international sanctions.
“Sedo disapproves of any kind of hate and violence, as well as anything that radically contradicts our corporate values,” the company said. “Therefore, for the sake of the civilians involved, we hope for an early resolution of this conflict.”
Sedo is part of the United-Internet group. Its sister company, IONOS, announced it was working on kicking out Russian customers last week.
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