Pokémon Go church stunt could mean hefty jail term for Russian blogger
Ars Technica 2016-09-07
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A 22-year-old Russian blogger and Pokémon Go fan could end up being jailed for up to five years, after it was alleged that the man had insulted "religious sensitivities" by playing the game in church.
Ruslan Sokolovsky regularly used his video blog on YouTube to make political comments about secularism and freedom in Russia.
On August 11, he filmed himself playing Pokémon Go in a Yekaterinberg cathedral. The stunt resulted in police searching his home and finding evidence of "incitement to hatred and attacks on the liberty of faith," Russian authorities claimed.