“Sci-Hub arose as a tool to be used in a Russian-speaking online resear...” — Alexandra Elbakyan Quote

“Sci-Hub arose as a tool to be used in a Russian-speaking online research community.”

“When I was a student in Kazakhstan University, I did not have access to any research papers. These papers I needed for my research project. Payment of 32 dollars is just insane when you need to skim or read tens or hundreds of these papers to do research. I obtained these papers by pirating them.”

“Seriously, I feel more like a revolutionary because the final goal is not only to download all the articles and books and give open access to them, but to change legislation is such a way that free distribution of research papers will not face any legal obstacles.”

“We know vaccinations are the best tool we have to fight this Omicron virus and COVID-19 in general.”

“My body is my work tool, right?”

“There is nothing wrong with Facebook in itself, except that it is not a very good tool to express the quality of your relationships.”