The creator of Sci-Hub's scientific publications database, Alexandra Elbakian, who is called "Robin Hood from Science," blocked the service in Russia because of "harassment" by the "liberal opposition", Vedomosti reports..
The programmer told how she was affected by the attitude of the scientific community, where her political views were constantly mocked, and also that the employee of the Russian Academy of Sciences named a parasite in her honor - in her turn, "true parasites", Elbakian called scientific publishers. Publication from Dmitriy Klepikov (@klepikovmd) May 11, 2017 at 4:26 PDT Sci-Hub allows you to download free articles from scientific journals that are usually available only for a costly subscription. Recall that in 2016, the scientific journal Nature included Alexander Elbakyan in the top 10 of the "people of the year".
Original article: The creator of Sci-Hub blocked the service in Russia because of "persecution".