# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-09-22
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 90%
- Measurements: 18
- Anomaly Rate: 99.0%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 460/552 measurements anomalous (83.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 308/409 measurements anomalous (75.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 308/391 measurements anomalous (78.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 324/628 measurements anomalous (51.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 366/372 measurements anomalous (98.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 551/654 measurements anomalous (84.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 336/449 measurements anomalous (74.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 80%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 326/407 measurements anomalous (80.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 400/753 measurements anomalous (53.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 400/404 measurements anomalous (99.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 515/617 measurements anomalous (83.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 303/411 measurements anomalous (73.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 79%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 287/366 measurements anomalous (78.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 360/373 measurements anomalous (96.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 451/537 measurements anomalous (84.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 309/403 measurements anomalous (76.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 311/374 measurements anomalous (83.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 363/374 measurements anomalous (97.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-22
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-22&until=2026-09-23&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-2026-3122]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3122

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-09-24*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-3122*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3122*