# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-07-22
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 88%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 95.5%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 533/623 measurements anomalous (85.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 348/415 measurements anomalous (83.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 347/398 measurements anomalous (87.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 359/378 measurements anomalous (95.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 630/754 measurements anomalous (83.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 410/501 measurements anomalous (81.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 409/470 measurements anomalous (87.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 428/449 measurements anomalous (95.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 583/682 measurements anomalous (85.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 400/476 measurements anomalous (84.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 392/440 measurements anomalous (89.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 405/424 measurements anomalous (95.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 510/580 measurements anomalous (87.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 371/431 measurements anomalous (86.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 363/407 measurements anomalous (89.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 373/394 measurements anomalous (94.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-22
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-22&until=2026-07-23&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-2026-2978]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2978

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2978*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2978*