# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-05-08
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 86%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 89.7%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 638/769 measurements anomalous (83.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 245/312 measurements anomalous (78.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 243/289 measurements anomalous (84.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 246/276 measurements anomalous (89.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 837/968 measurements anomalous (86.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 276/339 measurements anomalous (81.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 255/302 measurements anomalous (84.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 262/292 measurements anomalous (89.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 753/860 measurements anomalous (87.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 279/331 measurements anomalous (84.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 254/295 measurements anomalous (86.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 257/291 measurements anomalous (88.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 483/572 measurements anomalous (84.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 184/235 measurements anomalous (78.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 170/212 measurements anomalous (80.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 189/211 measurements anomalous (89.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-08
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-08&until=2026-05-09&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-2026-2917]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2917

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2917*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2917*