# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-08-24
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 89%
- Measurements: 20
- Anomaly Rate: 98.0%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 440/534 measurements anomalous (82.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 294/373 measurements anomalous (78.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 304/367 measurements anomalous (82.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 318/594 measurements anomalous (53.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 348/361 measurements anomalous (96.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 526/619 measurements anomalous (85.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 334/422 measurements anomalous (79.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 362/415 measurements anomalous (87.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 362/710 measurements anomalous (51.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 420/440 measurements anomalous (95.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 408/505 measurements anomalous (80.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 266/362 measurements anomalous (73.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 79%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 280/356 measurements anomalous (78.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 313/593 measurements anomalous (52.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 346/357 measurements anomalous (96.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 400/476 measurements anomalous (84.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 280/354 measurements anomalous (79.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 296/343 measurements anomalous (86.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 291/556 measurements anomalous (52.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 341/348 measurements anomalous (98.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-24
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-24&until=2026-08-25&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-2026-3050]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3050

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-25*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-3050*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3050*