# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-09-30
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 89%
- Measurements: 19
- Anomaly Rate: 98.1%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 479/576 measurements anomalous (83.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 348/438 measurements anomalous (79.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 345/421 measurements anomalous (81.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 385/402 measurements anomalous (95.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 537/615 measurements anomalous (87.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 326/415 measurements anomalous (78.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 315/393 measurements anomalous (80.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 372/693 measurements anomalous (53.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 364/381 measurements anomalous (95.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 484/561 measurements anomalous (86.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 270/354 measurements anomalous (76.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 274/339 measurements anomalous (80.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 356/638 measurements anomalous (55.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 72%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 324/332 measurements anomalous (97.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 452/522 measurements anomalous (86.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 326/400 measurements anomalous (81.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 338/395 measurements anomalous (85.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 333/580 measurements anomalous (57.4%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 73%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 371/378 measurements anomalous (98.1%)
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-09-30&until=2026-10-01&only=anomalies)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 257/257 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 102/102 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chat.openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 92/92 probes anomalous (100.0%) for chatgpt.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - 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: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 265/265 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 109/109 probes anomalous (100.0%) for gemini.google.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - 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 getlantern.org
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 60/60 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - 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 huggingface.co
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 267/267 probes anomalous (100.0%) for instagram.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 266/266 probes anomalous (100.0%) for medium.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - 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 nytimes.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 109/109 probes anomalous (100.0%) for openai.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 257/257 probes anomalous (100.0%) for protonvpn.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 248/248 probes anomalous (100.0%) for psiphon.ca
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 84/84 probes anomalous (100.0%) for reddit.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 113/113 probes anomalous (100.0%) for signal.org
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - 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 substack.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 94/94 probes anomalous (100.0%) for telegram.org
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - 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 theguardian.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 507/507 probes anomalous (100.0%) for tiktok.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - 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 tumblr.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 313/313 probes anomalous (100.0%) for twitter.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 363/363 probes anomalous (100.0%) for whatsapp.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - Confidence: 90%
  - [CensoredPlanet raw-data portal (no per-measurement permalink)](https://data.censoredplanet.org)
- **CENSOREDPLANET** (dns-probe): DNS blocking detected: 348/348 probes anomalous (100.0%) for youtube.com
  - Observed: 2026-09-30
  - 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-2026-3144]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3144

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-10-01*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-3144*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3144*