# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-07-20
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 89%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 97.0%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 569/669 measurements anomalous (85.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 356/425 measurements anomalous (83.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 357/416 measurements anomalous (85.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 387/407 measurements anomalous (95.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 662/772 measurements anomalous (85.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 448/515 measurements anomalous (87.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 418/479 measurements anomalous (87.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 460/474 measurements anomalous (97.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 636/742 measurements anomalous (85.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 476/548 measurements anomalous (86.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 456/513 measurements anomalous (88.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 477/501 measurements anomalous (95.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 450/504 measurements anomalous (89.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 308/344 measurements anomalous (89.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 305/331 measurements anomalous (92.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 306/317 measurements anomalous (96.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-20
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-20&until=2026-07-21&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-2026-2976]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2976

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2976*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2976*