# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-08-25
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 89%
- Measurements: 20
- Anomaly Rate: 97.2%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 442/530 measurements anomalous (83.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 319/396 measurements anomalous (80.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 332/378 measurements anomalous (87.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 330/605 measurements anomalous (54.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 72%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 365/378 measurements anomalous (96.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 491/585 measurements anomalous (83.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 326/408 measurements anomalous (79.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 339/381 measurements anomalous (89.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 347/679 measurements anomalous (51.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 364/386 measurements anomalous (94.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 462/534 measurements anomalous (86.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 309/388 measurements anomalous (79.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 337/378 measurements anomalous (89.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 86%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 324/619 measurements anomalous (52.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 380/401 measurements anomalous (94.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 399/462 measurements anomalous (86.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 247/317 measurements anomalous (77.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 254/311 measurements anomalous (81.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 278/524 measurements anomalous (53.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 312/321 measurements anomalous (97.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-25
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-25&until=2026-08-26&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-2026-3053]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3053

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-26*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-3053*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3053*