# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-05-14
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 87%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 91.9%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 620/733 measurements anomalous (84.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 241/288 measurements anomalous (83.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 231/266 measurements anomalous (86.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 239/260 measurements anomalous (91.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 744/856 measurements anomalous (86.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 257/295 measurements anomalous (87.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 224/254 measurements anomalous (88.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 231/260 measurements anomalous (88.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 655/737 measurements anomalous (88.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 230/265 measurements anomalous (86.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 209/232 measurements anomalous (90.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 197/225 measurements anomalous (87.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 467/523 measurements anomalous (89.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 186/203 measurements anomalous (91.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 156/170 measurements anomalous (91.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 165/182 measurements anomalous (90.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-05-14
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-05-14&until=2026-05-15&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-2026-2923]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2923

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2923*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2923*