[2] Following his nomination Zheleznyak co-authored a law which allowed the government to block websites that it sees harmful for children.

He also co-authored a law which would force internationally funded non-profit organizations to register as "foreign agents".

[3] In 2013 he spoke to RIA Novosti about prohibition of pedophilia in theatres after seeing a Golden Mask winner play called A Midsummer Night's Dream.

[3] In June 2013 he told Economics and Life online journal that "The US, which presents itself as a bastion of democracy, has in fact been carrying out minute-by-minute surveillance of tens of millions of citizens of Russia and other countries"Following this remark which was in reference to Edward Snowden's leak, he referred to anti-gay law in Russia that it is an American reproach of sticking their noses into the personal correspondence of tens of millions of Russian citizens.

[6][7][8][9][10][11] She was sanctioned by the UK government on 18 March 2014 in relation to actively supporting the use of Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea.