# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-07-16
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 90%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 99.4%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 508/590 measurements anomalous (86.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 291/367 measurements anomalous (79.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 282/350 measurements anomalous (80.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 320/330 measurements anomalous (97.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 565/673 measurements anomalous (84.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 372/455 measurements anomalous (81.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 343/407 measurements anomalous (84.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 388/397 measurements anomalous (97.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 521/608 measurements anomalous (85.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 341/408 measurements anomalous (83.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 322/369 measurements anomalous (87.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 340/342 measurements anomalous (99.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 379/425 measurements anomalous (89.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 237/284 measurements anomalous (83.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 240/263 measurements anomalous (91.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 253/258 measurements anomalous (98.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-16
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-16&until=2026-07-17&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-2026-2972]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2972

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2972*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2972*