# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-08-04
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 90%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 99.4%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 504/590 measurements anomalous (85.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 327/377 measurements anomalous (86.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 321/365 measurements anomalous (87.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 347/356 measurements anomalous (97.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 606/712 measurements anomalous (85.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 385/460 measurements anomalous (83.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 372/432 measurements anomalous (86.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 414/426 measurements anomalous (97.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 538/646 measurements anomalous (83.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 341/426 measurements anomalous (80.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 349/403 measurements anomalous (86.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 379/394 measurements anomalous (96.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 467/538 measurements anomalous (86.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 348/400 measurements anomalous (87.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 337/378 measurements anomalous (89.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 359/361 measurements anomalous (99.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-04
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-04&until=2026-08-05&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.
- **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.
- **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-2026-2997]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2997

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-05*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-2997*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-2997*