# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-05-13
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 86%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 89.6%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 637/750 measurements anomalous (84.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 272/320 measurements anomalous (85.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 253/289 measurements anomalous (87.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 248/278 measurements anomalous (89.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 806/938 measurements anomalous (85.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 278/338 measurements anomalous (82.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 247/288 measurements anomalous (85.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 260/291 measurements anomalous (89.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 701/789 measurements anomalous (88.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 230/280 measurements anomalous (82.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 204/242 measurements anomalous (84.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 209/240 measurements anomalous (87.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 504/580 measurements anomalous (86.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 184/219 measurements anomalous (84.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 180/201 measurements anomalous (89.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 181/203 measurements anomalous (89.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-13
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-13&until=2026-05-14&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-2026-2922]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2922

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2922*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2922*