# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-07-03
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 88%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 95.4%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 460/542 measurements anomalous (84.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 169/214 measurements anomalous (79.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 182/209 measurements anomalous (87.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 184/196 measurements anomalous (93.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 594/697 measurements anomalous (85.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 222/279 measurements anomalous (79.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 224/254 measurements anomalous (88.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 246/259 measurements anomalous (95.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 516/618 measurements anomalous (83.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 172/234 measurements anomalous (73.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 79%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 178/213 measurements anomalous (83.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 188/197 measurements anomalous (95.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 415/475 measurements anomalous (87.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 147/183 measurements anomalous (80.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 153/175 measurements anomalous (87.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 155/167 measurements anomalous (92.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-03
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-03&until=2026-07-04&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-2026-2959]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2959

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2959*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2959*