# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-08-26
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 88%
- Measurements: 20
- Anomaly Rate: 96.0%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 443/537 measurements anomalous (82.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 320/400 measurements anomalous (80.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 334/393 measurements anomalous (85.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 323/612 measurements anomalous (52.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 380/396 measurements anomalous (96.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 471/564 measurements anomalous (83.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 316/402 measurements anomalous (78.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 329/392 measurements anomalous (83.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 336/647 measurements anomalous (51.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 377/397 measurements anomalous (95.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 431/521 measurements anomalous (82.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 307/401 measurements anomalous (76.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 322/387 measurements anomalous (83.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 302/591 measurements anomalous (51.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 385/414 measurements anomalous (93.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 412/483 measurements anomalous (85.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 291/365 measurements anomalous (79.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 300/350 measurements anomalous (85.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 306/549 measurements anomalous (55.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 72%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 349/366 measurements anomalous (95.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-26&until=2026-08-27&only=anomalies)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 260/260 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 112/112 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chat.openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 98/98 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chatgpt.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 104/104 probes anomalous (100.0%) for claude.ai
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 242/242 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 112/112 probes anomalous (100.0%) for gemini.google.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 123/123 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 58/58 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 115/115 probes anomalous (100.0%) for huggingface.co
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 258/258 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 254/254 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 118/118 probes anomalous (100.0%) for nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 111/111 probes anomalous (100.0%) for openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 254/254 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 242/242 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 86/86 probes anomalous (100.0%) for reddit.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 114/114 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 114/114 probes anomalous (100.0%) for substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 99/99 probes anomalous (100.0%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 117/117 probes anomalous (100.0%) for theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 381/381 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 116/116 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tumblr.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 287/287 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 340/340 probes anomalous (100.0%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 356/356 probes anomalous (100.0%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-08-26
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [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-2026-3054]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3054

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-27*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-3054*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3054*