Active Incident
Internet outage in Russia
Russia · March 15, 2026 · 3 hours
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Russia. 2 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
2%
Anomaly Rate
2
Measurements
67%
Confidence
What This Means
2% of tests showed anomalies, above the typical 1-3% baseline. This suggests potential network interference.
How We Detected This
Data Sourceioda + censoredplanet
ML ModelGradientBoosting v3.3 (LOCO median F1 0.87, honest across 127 countries)
Confidence Score67% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMarch 15, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (24)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis2 records
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Tuva"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.03
Mar 15, 2026
View source →outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Unknown Region in Russian Federation"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.01
Mar 15, 2026
View source →Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research22 records
dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 205/205 probes anomalous (100.0%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 15, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 98/98 probes anomalous (100.0%) for binance.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 15, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 230/230 probes anomalous (100.0%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 15, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 97/97 probes anomalous (100.0%) for getlantern.org"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 15, 2026
View source →dns-blocking
"DNS blocking detected: 55/55 probes anomalous (100.0%) for google.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 1.00
Mar 15, 2026
View source →+ 17 more Censored Planet records
Affected Services (17)
BBCFacebookInstagramLanternMediumNew York TimesProton VPNProtonVPNPsiphonSignalTelegramThe GuardianTikTokTwitter/XWhatsAppXYouTube
Blocked Domains (22)
bbc.combinance.comfacebook.comgetlantern.orggoogle.cominstagram.commedium.comnytimes.compornhub.comprotonvpn.compsiphon.careddit.comsignal.orgsubstack.comtelegram.orgtheguardian.comtiktok.comtumblr.comtwitter.comwhatsapp.comand 2 more
Click any domain to view raw OONI measurements
What we cannot say
- Who caused it — measurement data alone does not attribute this 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, an 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.
Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in Russia [RU-2026-0142]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-0142
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