Roskomnadzor, at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office, restricted access to the site for the distribution of creative works Patreon, follows from the register of the department to check the blocking of pages and resources in Russia.

Article 15.3 of the Law "On Information" is called the basis for entering into the register.

"This legislative norm regulates the procedure for restricting access to sites on the Internet that contain information calling for mass riots, extremist activities or participation in mass (public) events held in violation of the established procedure, unreliable publicly significant information disseminated under the guise of reliable messages ', according to the website of the registry.