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Confirming that Parler is now hosted by DDOS-Guard which is in turn owned by "Cognitive Cloud LP" which is owned by 2 Russian nationals. DDOS-Guard also hosts websites for Hamas. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/01/hamas-may-be-threat-to-8chan-qanon-online/
The Guardian did a story on DDOS-Guard and interviewed one of the owners. Another customer of theirs is the Russian government https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/jan/15/8kun-8chan-capitol-breach-violence-isp
DDOS-Guard's contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense was signed in 2016 and is worth 3.6 million rubles https://synapsenet.ru/searchorganization/1037700255284-minoboroni-rossii/1149204010988-ooo-ddosgvard/svyazannye-dogovory
Total revenue for DDOS-Guard in 2018 was 73.4 million rubles, indicating that the Russian government contract is approximately 5% of their business.
. @VickerySec first noted a Russian connection.
The only other websites on Parler's new IP address are "twitterfornazis[.]com" and "twitterfornazis[.]net"
![The only other websites on Parler's new IP address are "twitterfornazis[.]com" and "twitterfornazis[.]net"](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsDAkf-VcAA6c95.png "The only other websites on Parler's new IP address are \"twitterfornazis[.]com\" and \"twitterfornazis[.]net\"")
. @Microsoft is still providing email support for Parler
One of the co-founders of DDOS-Guard also runs a business that advertises, "help to register or buy ready-made offshore companies"
