.RU registration for a US company: who can administer it?

What a US company has to put on paper

This is the part that takes real time, so read it before you budget any. Where the domain already exists and the administrator record has to move, Atak Domain’s stated route calls for three things:

• an application in Russian, on company letterhead, notarized;
• the company’s registration record, accompanied by a Russian translation;
• evidence that whoever signs is entitled to act for the company.

Ask the registrar that holds the name today what it will accept before you commission any of it — notarization requirements are not uniform between registrars, and paying for the same document set twice is an expensive way to discover that. None of this moves at web speed either, so start the documents before you are forced to.

A new registration and an owner change are different orders

For a name nobody holds yet, confirm who the registrar will accept as administrator before you place the order. A company with no qualifying Russian presence may be offered a verified trustee. If the name is already yours, recording a trustee is a formal administrator change: not a fresh registration, and not an edit to the contact fields in a control panel.

Do not plan around one universal deadline

The rules have applied since September 2026. Registrar transition is a separate clock, and it can run as late as January 18, 2027. That later date is a limit on registrars. It is not a promise that every domain can sit still until then.

Your working deadline comes out of two facts instead: when your own registrar actually switches over, and whichever arrives first, the next operation you need or the expiration date. A name that renews sooner deserves the earlier review.

Fees, and who holds the controls

Atak Domain quotes $69.98 for the first year when it already manages the domain. Where a registrar transfer has to happen first, the figure is $109.97. From year two the quoted annual trustee fee is $99; check that amount at checkout rather than taking it from this page.

Then write down the things that are not about money.

• Who is authorized to request a DNS change, and how the request is made.
• Who funds the renewal, and by when.
• Where notices reach your US team.
• How the domain leaves the arrangement later, and to whom.

If the trustee becomes the administrator of record, those four answers are your control. Agree them before the record moves.

Where the operational detail comes from

• Atak Domain’s administrator-change and ESIA guide atakdomain.com
• Atak Domain’s updated .RU registration and renewal guide atakdomain.com

Both describe Atak Domain’s own service. Case-specific steps still have to be checked with the accredited registrar that holds the name.