# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-08-29
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 89%
- Measurements: 17
- Anomaly Rate: 98.4%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 460/557 measurements anomalous (82.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 291/388 measurements anomalous (75.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 324/377 measurements anomalous (85.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 350/375 measurements anomalous (93.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 478/565 measurements anomalous (84.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 299/402 measurements anomalous (74.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 329/391 measurements anomalous (84.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 344/651 measurements anomalous (52.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 355/375 measurements anomalous (94.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 430/505 measurements anomalous (85.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 277/367 measurements anomalous (75.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 282/349 measurements anomalous (80.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 326/349 measurements anomalous (93.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 87%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 428/495 measurements anomalous (86.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 313/381 measurements anomalous (82.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 327/378 measurements anomalous (86.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 375/381 measurements anomalous (98.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-08-29
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-08-29&until=2026-08-30&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-2026-3062]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3062

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-08-30*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-3062*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3062*