.moscow

API commandsExtensionsRestrictionsIDN

Important

As of Tuesday March 8, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. UTC we will no longer be accepting new registrations and transfers-in of .ru, .рф (.xn—p1ai), .moscow, .МОСКВА (xn—80adxhks), .рус (xn—p1acf), .by and .su domains.

In compliance with the announced sanctions and close monitoring thereof, we will continue to process .ru, .рф (.xn—p1ai), .moscow, .МОСКВА (xn—80adxhks), .рус (xn—p1acf), .by and .su domain renewals

API Commands

Please find in the following a set of the most commonly used standard API commands in order to register, modify, renew, and transfer a domain name.

AddDomainModifyDomainRenewDomainDeleteDomainTransferDomainRestoreDomain

Domain Registration

(API Command reference » AddDomain)

Unfortunately, we are currently NOT able to offer premium domain name registrations below .moscow.

Exception

command         = AddDomain
domain          = yourdomain.moscow
period          = (INT)
ownercontact0   = (CONTACT)
admincontact0   = (CONTACT)
techcontact0    = (CONTACT)
billingcontact0 = (CONTACT)
nameserver0  = (NAMESERVER)
nameserver1   = (NAMESERVER)
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-BIRTHDATE = (DATE)
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-PASSPORTINFO = (TEXT)
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-TIN = (TEXT)
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-COUNTRY = (TEXT); optional
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-ZIP = (INT); optional
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-STATE = (TEXT); optional
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-CITY = (TEXT); optional
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-STREET0,1,2 = (TEXT); optional

After a successful registration of the domain, it will be transfer locked from the registry for a period of 60 days.

Domain Modification

(API Command reference » ModifyDomain)

Command

command = ModifyDomain
domain  = yourdomain.moscow

Domain Renewal

(API Command reference » RenewDomain)

Command

command    = RenewDomain
domain     = yourdomain.moscow
period     = (INT)
expiration = (INT)

Domain Deletion

(API Command reference » DeleteDomain)

Command

COMMAND = DeleteDomain
DOMAIN = yourdomain.moscow

Domain Transfer

(API Command reference » TransferDomain)

Command

command = TransferDomain
domain = yourdomain.moscow
action = REQUEST
auth = (TEXT)

Transfer Procedure

• After the transfer has been requested, our backend system sends a confirmation email to the Owner/Admin-C according to the WHOIS of the respective domain. In order to initiate the transfer successfully it is important, that this email is confirmed.
• After confirmation the transfer is initiated through the official registry and the losing registrar will receive the transfer request.
• The losing registrar will also send an email to the Owner/Admin-C. allowing him/her to deny the transfer. If you do not respond to the email of the losing registrar, then the transfer will get processed successfully after 5 days.

If the Email-Address in the WHOIS is invalid, then the transfer cannot be processed.If this is the case, then kindly contact your current registrar and ask him to update the WHOIS information accordingly.

Transfer Notes

• A .moscow domain transfer must be initiated with a so-called authorisation code, which can be obtained from the current registrar through the owner or Admin-C of the domain.
• Ensure that your respective domain does not have a lock-status (REGISTRAR-LOCK or HOLD). This can be seen in the WHOIS.
• If the domain is locked, then the owner can demand that the domain will be unlocked.
• Please note that we are only allowed to initiate a gTLD transfer after confirmation of the “ICANN Form of Authorization” by the current registrant. The policies can be viewed under http://www.icann.org/transfers/
• After a successful transfer of the domain, it will be transfer locked from the registry for a period of 60 days.

Auth-Codes

The format for auth info requires a minimum length of 8 characters and a maximum length of 32 characters.

Additionally, auth info must contain at least one of each of the following three character types:

• Alphabetic characters: a-z; A-Z
• Numeric characters: 0-9
• Special characters: !;<=$%?&@[()]*^+-,’-{.|/}:~

Domain Restore

(API Command reference » RestoreDomain)

Command

command = RestoreDomain
domain  = yourdomain.moscow

Domain Extensions

X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-CITY	Optional
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-COUNTRY	Optional
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-STATE	Optional
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-STREET0,1,2	Optional
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-TIN	Tax payer ID
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-ZIP	Optional

Domain Extensions for Natural Persons

X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-BIRTHDATE	Date of birth; mandatory for individuals
X-FAITID-(OWNER|ADMIN|TECH|BILLING)-PASSPORTINFO	Name of ID document in English and the number of the document; mandatory for individuals

Domain Restrictions

• For creating .MOSCOW domain names, only ASCII characters are allowed.
• For creating .МОСКВА (.xn—80adxhks) domain names, only lower case Cyrillic characters are allowed.

IDN Information

• Russian language supported for .МОСКВА (.xn—80adxhks) TLD uses left-to-right script.
  • Cyrillic IDN Table : http://ru.faitid.org/sites/default/files/MOCKBA_IDN-Table_eng.pdf
  • only lower case Cyrillic characters are allowed

Supported IDN Scripts

The following IDN scripts are supported by .moscow.
Provide the LANGUAGE TAG corresponding to your desired IDN within the AddDomain command as X-IDN-LANGUAGE extension.

Russian	RU

Get more information of “IDN tables”, which represent permitted code points (letters) allowed for Internationalised Domain Name registrations in particular registries on IANA Repository of IDN Practices.