Is rt.ru down right now?
No one has reported a problem in the last hour.
About rt.ru
The Internet Archive first captured it in 1998. It ranks #790 among the most visited sites in the world on the Tranco list. It is hosted in RU on the PJSC Rostelecom network.
The current problem is a slowdown that began on 8 October 2026 at 23:25 UTC and is still ongoing. There have been 17 incidents in the last 90 days, 100 h 12 min of downtime in total, and 67.39% of our checks succeeded.
Reports, last 24 hours
0 reports · normally about 3 per hour| Problem reported | No reports in the last 24 hours. |
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What we checked
03:46:43 UTC| Layer | Result | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| DNS name lookup | rt.ru resolves to 87.226.162.216 (AS12389 PJSC Rostelecom) | pass |
| TLS certificate | No certificate read yet | – |
| HTTP, Phoenix | Timed out 22 min ago | fail |
| HTTP, Singapore | HTTP 200 in 7.99 s · via sin1 4 h ago | pass |
| HTTP, Cape Town | HTTP 200 in 7.34 s · via cpt1 4 h ago | pass |
| HTTP, Mumbai | HTTP 200 in 7.14 s · via bom1 4 h ago | pass |
| HTTP, San Francisco | HTTP 200 in 7.14 s · via sfo1 4 h ago | pass |
| HTTP, Paris | HTTP 200 in 6.3 s · via cdg1 4 h ago | pass |
| Content | No page title captured | – |
| Reputation | Trust score 100/100 · trust check | Established |
Outage history, 90 days
| Started (UTC) | Incident | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 23:25 | Slow | ongoing |
| 2026-10-08 06:48 | Slow | 9 h 33 min |
| 2026-10-08 00:42 | Slow · Phoenix: Timed out | 6 h 6 min |
| 2026-10-07 22:22 | Down · Phoenix: Timed out | 2 h 20 min |
| 2026-10-07 14:52 | Slow | 1 h 28 min |
| 2026-10-07 07:53 | Slow | 6 h 59 min |
| 2026-10-06 09:48 | Slow | 6 h 53 min |
| 2026-10-05 20:02 | Slow | 13 h 45 min |
| 2026-10-05 10:47 | Slow | 9 h 15 min |
| 2026-10-04 19:30 | Slow · Phoenix: Timed out | 5 h 11 min |
Common questions
Is rt.ru down for everyone or just me?
Compare the test from your browser above with our server checks. If our servers reach rt.ru and your browser cannot, the problem is on your connection, DNS or network. If both fail, the site is down.
How do you know if rt.ru is down?
We request the homepage from 8 locations, check DNS, the TLS certificate and the HTTP response, and compare the page content with what we saw before. We also read the service's official status feed where one exists and count visitor reports against the usual rate for the hour.
What can I do while it is down?
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