> More or less. The Government Advisory Committee member from Ukraine has > asked ICANN to: > - Revoke .RU, .рф, and .SU (all Russian-managed ccTLDs) > > As the GAC member undoubtedly knows, that’s not how ICANN works. Barring a > court/executive order in ICANN’s jurisdiction (and even then, it gets a bit > sticky see > https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2014/11/13/dc-court-rules-that-top-level-domain-not-subject-to-seizure/), > ICANN essentially treats ccTLDs as national sovereign resources. A third > party, no matter how justified, requesting a change of this nature will not > go anywhere. Simply put, ICANN is NOT a regulator in the forma sense, it is a > private entity incorporated in California. The powers that it has are the > result of mutual contractual obligations and it’s a bit unlikely the Russian > government has entered into any contracts with ICANN, particularly those that > would allow ICANN to unilaterally revoke any of the Russian ccTLDs.
I wonder how ICANN would react to ISO removing RU/RUS from ISO 3166-2/3. Rubens
