# Censorship detected in RU

**Country:** 🇷🇺 Russia (RU)
**Date:** 2026-10-06
**Type:** Censorship
**Severity:** CRITICAL
**Status:** suspected

## Summary

None

## Metrics

- Confidence: 89%
- Measurements: 19
- Anomaly Rate: 98.0%

## Evidence

- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 473/545 measurements anomalous (86.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 309/397 measurements anomalous (77.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 318/383 measurements anomalous (83.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 358/372 measurements anomalous (96.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 88%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 539/629 measurements anomalous (85.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 346/445 measurements anomalous (77.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 81%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 350/412 measurements anomalous (85.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 362/714 measurements anomalous (50.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 385/398 measurements anomalous (96.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 495/565 measurements anomalous (87.6%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 325/412 measurements anomalous (78.9%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 82%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 332/389 measurements anomalous (85.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 344/649 measurements anomalous (53.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 71%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 393/403 measurements anomalous (97.5%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI signal: 439/506 measurements anomalous (86.8%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 85%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=signal&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI whatsapp: 339/410 measurements anomalous (82.7%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 83%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=whatsapp&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI telegram: 336/394 measurements anomalous (85.3%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 84%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=telegram&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI facebook_messenger: 277/552 measurements anomalous (50.2%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 70%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=facebook_messenger&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&only=anomalies)
- **OONI** (measurement): OONI tor: 384/392 measurements anomalous (98.0%)
  - Observed: 2026-10-06
  - Confidence: 89%
  - [OONI Explorer (independently verifiable)](https://explorer.ooni.org/search?probe_cc=RU&test_name=tor&since=2026-10-06&until=2026-10-07&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-2026-3163]. Retrieved from https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3163

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*Report generated by Voidly Research on 2026-10-07*
*Data licensed under CC BY 4.0*
*Incident ID: RU-2026-3163*
*Permalink: https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-3163*