# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-08-01
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 89%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 97.9%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 449/537 measurements anomalous (83.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 302/367 measurements anomalous (82.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 296/350 measurements anomalous (84.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 333/340 measurements anomalous (97.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 513/609 measurements anomalous (84.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 327/403 measurements anomalous (81.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 322/382 measurements anomalous (84.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 365/378 measurements anomalous (96.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 489/602 measurements anomalous (81.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 366/448 measurements anomalous (81.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 351/421 measurements anomalous (83.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 395/409 measurements anomalous (96.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 437/530 measurements anomalous (82.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 336/403 measurements anomalous (83.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 342/396 measurements anomalous (86.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 367/378 measurements anomalous (97.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-01
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-01&until=2026-08-01&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-2026-2990]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2990

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-02*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2990*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2990*