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On February 24, ICANN 73 Prep Week concluded. Sessions were dedicated to giving updates on IDNs, 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 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

Richard Kirkendall 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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-* On February 17, ICANN [https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-community-representatives-chosen-to-nominate-the-irp-omnibus-standing-panel-slate-17-2-2022-en released the names of the seven members who would form the Independent Review Process (IRP) Community Representatives Group], who will shepherd the proposal of omnibus standing [[IRP]] panel nominees.
+* 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 22, ICANN [https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icanns-annual-iana-customer-survey-demonstrates-consistent-high-performance-22-2-2022-en released] the results of its annual IANA Customer Survey.
+* 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
-* [[ICANN 73]] Prep Week [https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann73-prep-week-schedule-now-available-7-2-2022-en just 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.
+[[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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