Today Alexandra Elbakyan closed Sci-Hub for Russian users. Russian users currently see Alexandra’s note explaining her reasons for shutting it down in Russia instead of Sci-Hub main page. The reasons cite:
2 years of continued harassment of Alexandra on the Russian-speaking Internet.
Inappropriate, abusive behavior of Russian scientists in regards to Alexandra, including reporting her as ‘crazy’, and naming a parasitic insect in her honor. Some of these ‘scientists’ occupy high-rank positions in the Russian Academy of Sciences and are very vocal and organized in their insults towards Alexandra. Meanwhile, people attacking her did not hesitate to proceed using Sci-Hub.
Source:
http://sci-hub.cc/
Relevant article in Russian:
https://www.popmech.ru/science/news-385562-sayt-sci-hub-prekratil-rabotu-na-territorii-rossii/
I'm a completely uninvolved party, never even visited sci-hub.cc before.<p>The text which arguments the block (as read here: <a href="https://polit_satira.d3.ru/osnovatelnitsa-saita-sci-hub-aleksandra-elbakian-zablokirovala-ego-dlia-polzovatelei-iz-rf-1442399" rel="nofollow">https://polit_satira.d3.ru/osnovatelnitsa-saita-sci-hub-alek...</a>), makes an impression that the person who wrote it is mentally really not quite well. For instance, the text start "neutrally" describing situation around Alexandra, referring to her in third person and in the middle switches to first person, direct insults and invective. Signed by herself. The text is not healthy.