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.ru domain: registry, rules and WHOIS

Russian-language sites and businesses

Facts

Type
Country-code top-level domain (ccTLD)
Registry operator
Coordination Center for TLD RU
Country or territory
Russia
Added to the root zone
1994
RDAP
Not listed in the IANA bootstrap file
WHOIS server
whois.tcinet.ru
Registration
Open to anyone
IDN support
No
Typical use
Russian-language sites and businesses

RDAP availability is taken from the IANA RDAP bootstrap file published on 2026-09-16; WHOIS server and delegation year from the IANA root zone database. Registry policies change: check the registry's own policy before relying on an eligibility rule.

What is .ru?

.ru is the Latin-script country-code top-level domain of Russia, administered by the Coordination Center for TLD RU. Cyrillic names are not registered under .ru; they belong to the separate internationalised ccTLD .рф.

Who can register it

Open to individuals and organisations regardless of country. Registrars are required to identify the registrant, so identity documents may be requested.

WHOIS, RDAP and privacy

.ru is not listed in the IANA RDAP bootstrap file dated 2026-09-16, so no public RDAP service is announced for it. OrbitProbe falls back to the classic port-43 WHOIS server (whois.tcinet.ru). WHOIS output is free text in a registry-specific layout, so only a fixed set of fields is read (registrar, dates, status, nameservers) and some of them may simply not be present. For ccTLDs, what is published is decided by the registry and local law rather than by ICANN, so output differs from one extension to the next. Most registries do not show the personal data of individuals in public output. OrbitProbe only ever shows the organisation name and country.

Look up a .ru domain

FAQ

Who can register a .ru domain?

Open to individuals and organisations regardless of country. Registrars are required to identify the registrant, so identity documents may be requested.

How do I run a WHOIS lookup for a .ru domain?

Type the name, in the form example.ru, into the form on this page. Because no RDAP service is published for .ru, OrbitProbe queries the WHOIS server whois.tcinet.ru. The result shows where the data came from and when it was observed.

Does .ru support RDAP?

The IANA RDAP bootstrap file dated 2026-09-16 does not list an RDAP service for .ru. Registration data is queried through the classic WHOIS server whois.tcinet.ru. Registries can add RDAP later, so this may change over time.

Does .ru support internationalised domain names (IDN)?

No, only ASCII letters, digits and hyphens can be used under .ru.