# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-09-19
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 90%
- Measurements: 19
- Anomaly Rate: 99.5%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 455/545 measurements anomalous (83.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 307/411 measurements anomalous (74.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 323/392 measurements anomalous (82.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 373/381 measurements anomalous (97.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 489/578 measurements anomalous (84.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 315/416 measurements anomalous (75.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 320/385 measurements anomalous (83.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 369/693 measurements anomalous (53.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 371/381 measurements anomalous (97.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 463/558 measurements anomalous (83.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 295/386 measurements anomalous (76.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 300/361 measurements anomalous (83.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 363/664 measurements anomalous (54.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 72%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 329/337 measurements anomalous (97.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 438/508 measurements anomalous (86.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 314/379 measurements anomalous (82.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 335/381 measurements anomalous (87.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 291/569 measurements anomalous (51.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 366/368 measurements anomalous (99.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-19
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-19&until=2026-09-20&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-2026-3114]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3114

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-09-20*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-3114*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3114*