Quatre dels patrocinadors de la llei són antics treballadors de l'aparell de seguretat rus (incloent-hi un antic fiscal, dos antics agents de la FSB -Servei Federal de Seguretat rus- i un antic vicepresident del Comitè Federal de Política d'Informació).
Four of the laws’ sponsors are former professionals in Russia’s security apparatus (including one former prosecutor, two former FSB agents, and a former deputy chairman of the federal “Information Policy Committee”).