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Remember `.su`, the ccTLD for the Soviet Union? Created in 1990, just 15 months before the USSR was dissolved and in ICANN limbo since, broadly used primarily for various sorts of cybercrime.
Now ICANN will finally move to retire the #TLD from the #DNS, targeting removal by 2030:
https://domainnamewire.com/2025/03/11/icann-moves-to-retire-soviet-era-su-country-domain-name/
Interestingly, ICANN moving forward with this could imply that they _will_ follow through on the removal of the `.io` #ccTLD should the return of the territory to Mauritius complete...
Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News · ICANN moves to retire Soviet-era .SU country domain name - Domain Name Wire | Domain Name NewsDomain system overseer plans to retire .su in 2030. ICANN has notified the operator of the legacy Soviet Union country code domain, .su, of its plans to retire the domain in five years, Domain Name Wire has learned. The .su namespace, which remains open for new registrations and currently has around 100,000 domain names, is […]
@jschauma Different vibe in https://domainincite.com/30895-no-timeline-to-retire-soviet-union-from-the-dns ; the plan seems to be already indefinitely postponed.
Domain Incite - Domain Name Industry News, Analysis & Opinion · “No timeline” to retire Soviet Union from the DNS - Domain InciteThere is currently "no timeline" to remove the Soviet Union's ccTLD from the internet, according to ICANN's new CEO. Asked by yours truly during the Public Forum at ICANN 82 whether retirement proceedings had been initiated against .su, Kurt Lindqvist responded, according to the real-time transcript: ICANN has been in discussions with the managers of