# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-05-05
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 86%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 89.5%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 651/792 measurements anomalous (82.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 261/319 measurements anomalous (81.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 254/290 measurements anomalous (87.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 262/293 measurements anomalous (89.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 791/916 measurements anomalous (86.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 286/345 measurements anomalous (82.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 258/302 measurements anomalous (85.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 258/296 measurements anomalous (87.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 779/892 measurements anomalous (87.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 250/322 measurements anomalous (77.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 247/290 measurements anomalous (85.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 241/287 measurements anomalous (84.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 528/614 measurements anomalous (86.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 218/261 measurements anomalous (83.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 200/235 measurements anomalous (85.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 205/229 measurements anomalous (89.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-05
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-05&until=2026-05-06&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.
- **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). Censorship detected in RU [RU-2026-2914]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2914

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2914*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2914*