# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-07-27
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 89%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 96.9%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 536/629 measurements anomalous (85.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 345/417 measurements anomalous (82.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 341/399 measurements anomalous (85.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 379/391 measurements anomalous (96.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 610/708 measurements anomalous (86.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 425/495 measurements anomalous (85.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 406/467 measurements anomalous (86.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 433/454 measurements anomalous (95.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 539/634 measurements anomalous (85.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 367/446 measurements anomalous (82.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 352/412 measurements anomalous (85.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 368/387 measurements anomalous (95.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 445/512 measurements anomalous (86.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 333/384 measurements anomalous (86.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 319/369 measurements anomalous (86.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 336/354 measurements anomalous (94.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-27
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-27&until=2026-07-28&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-2026-2983]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2983

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2983*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2983*