# Sustained censorship in RU (2026-07)

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-07-01
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** confirmed

## Summary

OONI detected 16 days of elevated network interference averaging 86.6% anomaly rate.

## Metrics

- Confidence: 80%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 86.6%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 481/586 measurements anomalous (82.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 199/255 measurements anomalous (78.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 199/236 measurements anomalous (84.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 220/232 measurements anomalous (94.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 601/720 measurements anomalous (83.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 205/271 measurements anomalous (75.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 198/240 measurements anomalous (82.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 216/233 measurements anomalous (92.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 560/644 measurements anomalous (87.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 209/256 measurements anomalous (81.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 198/232 measurements anomalous (85.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 226/240 measurements anomalous (94.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 401/468 measurements anomalous (85.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 182/211 measurements anomalous (86.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 197/206 measurements anomalous (95.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 187/195 measurements anomalous (95.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-01
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-01&until=2026-07-01&only=anomalies)

## 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.
- **Which networks** — no specific ASN/ISP is identified for this incident.
- **The mechanism** — we cannot state whether this was DNS tampering, TLS/SNI reset, HTTP blockpage, throttling, or an infrastructure outage.
- **A confirmed duration** — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
- **Sub-national scope** — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.
- **Independent corroboration** — this rests on a single source; treat it as a single-source signal, not a multi-source confirmation.

## Data Sources

ooni

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Sustained censorship in RU (2026-07) [RU-2026-1086]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-1086

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-07-02*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-1086*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-1086*