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* On February 24, [[ICANN 73]] Prep Week [https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann73-prep-week-schedule-now-available-7-2-2022-en concluded]. Sessions were dedicated to giving updates on [[IDN]]s, [[Universal Acceptance]] readiness, progress on the implementation of recommendations from the [[Second NomCom Organizational Review]], [[Contractual Compliance]], and the next stages of [[ICANN Organization]]'s [[Prioritization Framework|prioritization]] efforts.

* On February 24, [[ICANN 73]] Prep Week [https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann73-prep-week-schedule-now-available-7-2-2022-en concluded]. Sessions were dedicated to giving updates on [[IDN]]s, [[Universal Acceptance]] readiness, progress on the implementation of recommendations from the [[Second NomCom Organizational Review]], [[Contractual Compliance]], and the next stages of [[ICANN Organization]]'s [[Prioritization Framework|prioritization]] efforts.

* On February 28, [[Elliot Silver]] reported that [[NameCheap]] stopped taking payments from Russia for its products and services and allowed no new Russian customers to buy from them; told its existing Russian customers to remove their services from their platform by March 6, 2022; stopped selling Russian and Belarusian TLDs; and blocked Russian IP addresses from accessing the company’s website. CEO

* On February 28, [[Elliot Silver]] reported that [[NameCheap]] stopped taking payments from Russia for its products and services and allowed no new Russian customers to buy from them; told its existing Russian customers to remove their services from their platform by March 6, 2022; stopped selling Russian and Belarusian TLDs; and blocked Russian IP addresses from accessing the company’s website. CEO [[Richard Kirkendall]] [https://twitter.com/NamecheapCEO/status/1497665532081889287 explained that this Russian service termination was in response] to the "Russian regime's war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine."

[[Richard Kirkendall]] [https://twitter.com/NamecheapCEO/status/1497665532081889287 explained that this Russian service termination was in response] to the "Russian regime's war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine."

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