What is .yandex?
Brand TLDs operate under Specification 13 of ICANN's registry agreement. It lets a trademark owner keep every second-level name for itself, so you won't find .yandex names for sale at any registrar.
.yandex entered the DNS root zone on July 18, 2014, 12 years ago. It came out of ICANN's New gTLD Program, the 2012 application round that grew the root from 22 generic TLDs to well over a thousand.
On the technical side, .yandex is served by 4 authoritative name servers, every one of them reachable over IPv6. It is also DNSSEC-signed: the root zone carries a DS record for .yandex, which lets validating resolvers check its answers cryptographically. Registration data is published over RDAP and WHOIS (the WHOIS server is whois.nic.yandex).
.yandex FAQ
What country is .yandex?
None. .yandex is a generic top-level domain, so it isn't tied to any country.
Who owns the .yandex domain extension?
YANDEX, LLC operates .yandex as its registry, under a registry agreement with ICANN.
When was .yandex created?
.yandex was delegated to the DNS root zone on July 18, 2014.
Is .yandex a valid domain?
Yes. .yandex is an active top-level domain in the DNS root zone, delegated in 2014, so .yandex addresses work in every browser.
Can I buy a .yandex domain?
No. .yandex is a brand TLD under ICANN Specification 13, so names are reserved for YANDEX, LLC.
Is .yandex DNSSEC-signed?
Yes, the root zone holds a DS record for .yandex.
Sources
Data from IANA root zone version 2026102000. Last changed December 12, 2025. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.