Active Incident
Internet outage in Russia
Russia · March 16, 2026 · Ongoing
IODA detected significant connectivity drop in Russia. 1 critical alerts recorded. CenAlert confirms censorship activity.
Evidence
2%
Anomaly Rate
1
Measurements
65%
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 Score65% certainty of censorship
Detection TimeMarch 16, 2026
Corroborating Evidence (5)
Evidence collected from multiple independent sources. Upstream claims shown in quotes are not Voidly assertions.
IODAInternet Outage Detection & Analysis1 record
outage
"IODA detected critical level outage for Buryat"— IODA report
Signal value: 0.02
Mar 16, 2026
View source →Censored PlanetUniversity of Michigan research4 records
http-blocking-timeout
"HTTP blocking (timeout): 116/177 probes blocked (65.5%) for bbc.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.66
Mar 16, 2026
View source →http-blocking-timeout
"HTTP blocking (timeout): 119/177 probes blocked (67.2%) for facebook.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.67
Mar 16, 2026
View source →http-blocking-timeout
"HTTP blocking (timeout): 120/177 probes blocked (67.8%) for instagram.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.68
Mar 16, 2026
View source →http-blocking-timeout
"HTTP blocking (timeout): 124/176 probes blocked (70.5%) for medium.com"— Censored Planet report
Signal value: 0.70
Mar 16, 2026
View source →Affected Services (4)
BBCFacebookInstagramMedium
Blocked Domains (4)
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.
- 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.
Cite This Incident
Voidly Research. (2026). Internet outage in Russia [RU-2026-0143]. Voidly Global Censorship Index. https://voidly.ai/incident/RU-2026-0143
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