Country extension · Russia
.su domain name
What you need to know about .su: who can register it, which details are required and how transferring works.
Specifications
The key details of .su
- Country
- Russia
- Registry
- nic.ru
- Registration period
- 1 year
- Renewal period
- 1 year
- Domain name length
- 2 to 63 characters
- Transfer time
- 5 days
- Renewal on transfer
- yes, transferring renews the domain
- Transfer code length
- 6 to 16 characters
- Transfer lock available
- no
- Number of nameservers
- 2 to 13
Features
- DNSSEC: no
- IPv6: yesThe nameservers for this extension can also be reached over IPv6.
- Special characters: yesDomain names with letters such as é, ü or ø (and sometimes other scripts) are possible.
- Whois privacy: no
- Trustee: no
Requirements
Who can register a .su?
- The registrant of a .su domain name must prove their identity with documents. This also applies to existing registrations. If you don't provide the documents, the registry may delete the domain name.
- For an organisation, a legal entity must be given as the registrant.
- Abbreviated names are not allowed. You must provide your full first name and surname.
- You must provide a valid, working email address. The registry checks this.
Additional details for registration
- Individuals and sole traders provide their date of birth and passport number.
- If your name appears in Cyrillic in your documents, you also provide your first name, surname and any middle name in Cyrillic script. You write your regular contact details in Latin letters.
- Organisations incorporated in Russia provide their Russian Taxpayer Identification Number and the Russian tax registration reason code.
- If the organisation name appears in Cyrillic in the documents, you also provide that name in Cyrillic script, consisting of at least two words.
Documents
- Legal entities and companies send a copy of an official document showing their registration, such as a certificate of incorporation or an extract from the trade register. You may black out the personal details of directors and shareholders.
- Individuals and sole traders send a copy of their passport.
- The documents must be clearly legible, with the personal details and date of issue clearly visible. They may be in your own language and don't need to be translated.
- You send the documents as a PDF file by email.
- For a change of registrant or cancellation of the domain name, copies of the documents with nothing blacked out are required.
Good to know when registering
- For a new registration, you must provide the identity documents within three working days at the latest.
- The registration remains pending until the registry has approved the registrant's details.
- Once a registrant's details have been approved, that registrant doesn't need to be verified again.
Transfer
Transferring a .su
- You need a transfer code to transfer a domain.
- The registrant details at the new registrar must exactly match the current registrant details. Otherwise, the transfer will fail.
- You can't change the registrant during a transfer. Do this separately.
- No documents are required for a transfer.
The transfer code
- As the registrant, you request the transfer code yourself by logging in to RU-Center with the domain name's registrant number and the associated password. If you've lost the password, you can request a new one via the RU-Center website.
- In the menu, choose the option to transfer to another registrar and fill in the requested details.
- Choose to receive the code by email at the registrant's contact address. Otherwise, you may have to collect the code in person from the RU-Center office in Moscow.
- You can only request the transfer code once the registrant details have been approved. If they haven't been verified yet, the request won't work.
Owner
Change of registrant
Change of registrant
- A change of registrant can't be done through your registrar. You send the original letters by post to the registry. You can find more information at https://www.nic.ru/help/ownership-transfer-1001/
- Changing the registrant's first name, middle name, surname or organisation name counts as a change of registrant.
- For a change of registrant, copies of the identity documents with nothing blacked out are required.
Renewal, cancellation and quarantine
- To cancel the domain name, your registrar submits the cancellation. In addition, you send an original cancellation letter by post to the registry yourself. You can find information at https://www.nic.ru/help/cancellation-of-domain-registration-1041/
- You can download sample forms for the cancellation letter at https://www.nic.ru/help/letters-forms-1042/
- A request to restore the domain name is handled manually. You will be notified of the outcome by email.
More information
Registry rules and links
- Registry website nic.ru
- Registry whois nic.ru
- Dispute resolution policy nic.ru
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