This blacklist was supposed to be implemented and supervised by a self-regulating NGO of Internet users, but it was never created and this duty was assumed by government agency Roskomnadzor.

The bill also introduced several other changes in the law, including liability for providers of telecom services for failing to protect children.

[4] According to the news agency RIA Novosti, Russia's League for Internet Safety (Russian: Лига безопасного интернета) pushed for the bill, after claiming to have broken up an Internet-based pedophile ring.

Two lawmakers are publicly known for an active support of the Internet censorship bill: Ilya Ponomarev and Yelena Mizulina.

It would create a registry of domain names with the URLs and network addresses of web pages that contain illegal information.

Decisions on inclusion in the registry of domain names, links to website pages and site network addresses can only be appealed in court for a limited 3-month period.

The Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society Institutions and Human Rights criticized the bill for several reasons: "The bill is not aimed at combating the causes of illegal content and its distribution on the Internet and will not contribute to the effectiveness of law enforcement and prosecution of criminals, who will be able to migrate resources from illegal content in other domains and IP addresses.