# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-07-02
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 90%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 99.5%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 470/563 measurements anomalous (83.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 181/219 measurements anomalous (82.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 186/206 measurements anomalous (90.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 200/210 measurements anomalous (95.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 594/697 measurements anomalous (85.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 216/270 measurements anomalous (80.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 220/247 measurements anomalous (89.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 232/243 measurements anomalous (95.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 501/589 measurements anomalous (85.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 195/244 measurements anomalous (79.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 199/220 measurements anomalous (90.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 212/213 measurements anomalous (99.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 381/452 measurements anomalous (84.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 146/185 measurements anomalous (78.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 160/180 measurements anomalous (88.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 169/177 measurements anomalous (95.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-02
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-02&until=2026-07-03&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-2026-2958]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2958

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2958*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2958*