# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-06-29
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 87%
- Measurements: 14
- Anomaly Rate: 93.4%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 514/608 measurements anomalous (84.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 167/216 measurements anomalous (77.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 182/211 measurements anomalous (86.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 184/203 measurements anomalous (90.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 542/625 measurements anomalous (86.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 162/212 measurements anomalous (76.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 179/209 measurements anomalous (85.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 183/196 measurements anomalous (93.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 41/62 measurements anomalous (66.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 76%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 38/50 measurements anomalous (76.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 43/53 measurements anomalous (81.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 30/48 measurements anomalous (62.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 75%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 34/42 measurements anomalous (81.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 38/45 measurements anomalous (84.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-06-29
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-06-29&until=2026-06-30&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-2026-2956]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2956

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2956*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2956*