# Internet connectivity disruption in Russia

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-03-16
**Type:** Mixed
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** active

## Summary

IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Russia. 1 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 65%
- Measurements: 1
- Anomaly Rate: 2.4%

## Evidence

- **IODA** (alert): IODA detected critical level outage for Buryat
  - Observed: 2026-03-16
  - Confidence: 65%
  - [IODA live national dashboard (not a per-event permalink)](https://ioda.inetintel.cc.gatech.edu/country/RU)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 116/177 probes blocked (65.5%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-03-16
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 119/177 probes blocked (67.2%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-03-16
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 120/177 probes blocked (67.8%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-03-16
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 124/176 probes blocked (70.5%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-03-16
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)

## What we cannot say

- **Who caused it** — measurement data alone does not attribute the interference to any government, ISP, or other actor.
- **Intent** — anomalous or unreachable measurements indicate interference, not a stated motive or a deliberate-vs-incidental determination.
- **Sub-national scope** — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.

## Data Sources

ioda, censoredplanet

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Internet connectivity disruption in Russia [RU-2026-0143]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-0143

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-06-21*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-0143*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-0143*