# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-07-19
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 89%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 96.6%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 508/601 measurements anomalous (84.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 309/374 measurements anomalous (82.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 313/354 measurements anomalous (88.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 322/335 measurements anomalous (96.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 524/639 measurements anomalous (82.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 347/414 measurements anomalous (83.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 349/387 measurements anomalous (90.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 372/385 measurements anomalous (96.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 567/673 measurements anomalous (84.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 348/411 measurements anomalous (84.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 356/393 measurements anomalous (90.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 370/384 measurements anomalous (96.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 429/494 measurements anomalous (86.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 258/296 measurements anomalous (87.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 263/288 measurements anomalous (91.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 277/290 measurements anomalous (95.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-19
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-19&until=2026-07-20&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-2026-2975]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2975

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2975*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2975*