Country code for Russian Federation   Use A .ru domain name can be used and registered by corporations, companies. Companies located in Russia, as well as companies or corporations that have business-relations with Russia mainly use this domain name.   Legal requirements A .ru can only be registered through us by a corporation, companies with a valid VAT number..   Technical requirements No special requirements.   Naming conventions All letters (a-z) and numbers (0-9) are allowed; hyphens (-) are also allowed, however not at the beginning or at the end of the domain name. A domain name should be between 3 and 63 characters long.   Registration term 1 to 20 years

General information .ru domain names transfers to UniNames are not possible at this time.

Updates The following domain name information can be updated through your UniNames domain control panel.     Processing Owner contact Real-time* Admin contact Real-time* Technical contact Real-time* Billing contact Real-time* Name servers Real-time*   * Changes are processed in real-time but due to the nature of the domain name system it might take 24 to 48 hours before the changes are propagated worldwide. The .ru WHOIS zone files are updated every 24 hours. Updates can be done by any UniNames account having edit permissions on the domain name.

Renewal The billing contact of the domain name will automatically receive an invoice to renew the domain name. If the invoice is paid before the domain name expires, the domain name will be renewed. Note the importance of correct billing information! If not paid by the end of the month in which the domain name expires. ==> the domain name will be deleted. If the owner or the billing contact asks us to let the domain name expire: the domain owner will be notified by e-mail the domain billing contact will be notified by e-mail the accounts with permissions on the domain name will be notified by e-mail