# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-07-30
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 89%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 97.3%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 519/605 measurements anomalous (85.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 327/401 measurements anomalous (81.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 331/392 measurements anomalous (84.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 361/373 measurements anomalous (96.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 576/679 measurements anomalous (84.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 396/451 measurements anomalous (87.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 365/417 measurements anomalous (87.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 400/411 measurements anomalous (97.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 529/618 measurements anomalous (85.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 351/421 measurements anomalous (83.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 339/389 measurements anomalous (87.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 375/389 measurements anomalous (96.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 476/540 measurements anomalous (88.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 318/381 measurements anomalous (83.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 307/363 measurements anomalous (84.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 341/356 measurements anomalous (95.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-07-30&until=2026-07-31&only=anomalies)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 122/174 probes blocked (70.1%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 122/172 probes blocked (70.9%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 120/172 probes blocked (69.8%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 120/172 probes blocked (69.8%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (http-probe): HTTP blocking (timeout): 121/171 probes blocked (70.8%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-07-30
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)

## 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.
- **A confirmed duration** — we report the observation window, not a verified start/stop of any block.
- **Sub-national scope** — measurement is aggregated at the country level; we cannot localize to a province, city, or network segment.

## Data Sources

ooni, censoredplanet

## Citation

Voidly Research. (2026). Censorship detected in RU [RU-2026-2986]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2986

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-01*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2986*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2986*