since .com/.net/.org are controlled by US companies, is the next step (for blogs/sites such as these) to move to .ru? or some other company not controlled by US companies?
if you're going for a non com/net/org domain, I'm assuming you'd have to register it with a company that's not US based too, so no ordering .nl domains through Godaddy, cause that can still cause problems.
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since .com/.net/.org are controlled by US companies, is the next step (for blogs/sites such as these) to move to .ru? or some other company not controlled by US companies?
Ironically some have moved to China (.hk) for their internet freedom.
NB: .hk is TLD for Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region). While .cn is TLD for mainland China.
Bingo.
How does this work with ICANN being an American organisation controlling the . server?
ICANN can shut down all of a ccTLD or none of it; such a penalty is too large to ever use.
if you're going for a non com/net/org domain, I'm assuming you'd have to register it with a company that's not US based too, so no ordering .nl domains through Godaddy, cause that can still cause problems.
There's no reason to use GoDaddy - there are plenty of other registrars.
I never understood why GoDaddy has some form of monopolly in the US. Personally I use Domaindiscount24 (based in Germany) for my domains.