# Sustained censorship in RU (2023-12)

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2023-12-29
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 3 days of elevated network interference averaging 97.2% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 75%
- Measurements: 3
- Anomaly Rate: 97.2%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): Continued VPN/social media crackdown
  - Observed: 2023-12-31
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [View source](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2023-12-31&until=2023-12-31)
- **OONI** (measurement): Continued VPN/social media crackdown
  - Observed: 2023-12-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [View source](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2023-12-30&until=2023-12-30)
- **OONI** (measurement): Continued VPN/social media crackdown
  - Observed: 2023-12-29
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [View source](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&since=2023-12-29&until=2023-12-29)

## Data Sources

ooni

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Sustained censorship in RU (2023-12) [RU-2023-0006]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2023-0006

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-05-22*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2023-0006*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2023-0006*