In soviet russia domains no longer register you – Breaking News & Latest Updates 2026
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The true end of the Cold War.

In Soviet Russia, domains will no longer register you — or at least they probably won’t, starting in 2030. So if you’ve been running a website on a .su top-level domain, you might need to find another address in the coming years... just maybe not something on .io.

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