# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-09-15
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 90%
- Measurements: 16
- Anomaly Rate: 98.8%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 526/623 measurements anomalous (84.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 374/475 measurements anomalous (78.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 377/460 measurements anomalous (82.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 432/446 measurements anomalous (96.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 568/673 measurements anomalous (84.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 366/462 measurements anomalous (79.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 357/426 measurements anomalous (83.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 396/401 measurements anomalous (98.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 506/595 measurements anomalous (85.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 312/415 measurements anomalous (75.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 320/391 measurements anomalous (81.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 378/386 measurements anomalous (97.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 464/551 measurements anomalous (84.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 319/417 measurements anomalous (76.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 331/398 measurements anomalous (83.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 393/401 measurements anomalous (98.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-15
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-15&until=2026-09-16&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-2026-3105]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3105

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-09-18*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-3105*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3105*