# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-07-08
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 88%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 95.1%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 446/548 measurements anomalous (81.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 203/262 measurements anomalous (77.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 207/244 measurements anomalous (84.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 233/245 measurements anomalous (95.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 558/668 measurements anomalous (83.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 220/290 measurements anomalous (75.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 212/253 measurements anomalous (83.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 227/248 measurements anomalous (91.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 486/575 measurements anomalous (84.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 186/248 measurements anomalous (75.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 187/215 measurements anomalous (87.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 188/207 measurements anomalous (90.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 354/420 measurements anomalous (84.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 153/201 measurements anomalous (76.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 158/172 measurements anomalous (91.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 157/175 measurements anomalous (89.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-08
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-08&until=2026-07-09&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-2026-2964]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2964

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2964*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2964*