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Most of Namecheap's employees are in Ukraine, and they decided to block Russian users after the invasion: https://www.namecheap.com/support/knowledgebase/article.aspx...

It's a euphemism for trade restrictions.

Ah, thanks. With all the weirdness going on, I wasn't sure we weren't talking immigration.

Namecheap is Ukrainian. Possibly parent has a Russian or Belarusian passport.

Namecheap is not Ukrainian, it's headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Igor is a popular Russian name