LiveJournal does not work because of "technical prevention"?

As reported on LiveJournal Status Report , it was supposed to end at midnight on PST.
In the meantime, worried users are trying to connect the disconnections with the “Russian March” or with the departure of Anton Nosik from Russia. “He went to Budapest and turned off magazines for this time,” one of the LJ users shares his absurd assumptions on condition of anonymity.