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Russian Prosecutors Seek 3.5 Years for Blogger Who Played "Pokémon Go" in Church

posted by martyb on Sunday April 30 2017, @10:07PM   Printer-friendly
from the Was-he-having-too-much-fun? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Russian prosecutors requested a 3½ year prison sentence Friday for a blogger charged with inciting religious hatred for playing "Pokemon Go" in a church.

Prosecutors made the request as the trial of Ruslan Sokolovsky, 22, wrapped up in the city of Yekaterinburg. A judge said a verdict in the case would be issued May 11.

Sokolovsky posted a video on his blog showing him playing the smartphone game in a church built on the supposed spot where the last Russian tsar and his family were killed. He has been in detention since October.

He is charged with inciting religious hatred. It is the same offense that sent two women from the Pussy Riot punk collective to prison for two years in 2012.

Source: ABC News

Video: YouTube

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01 2017, @02:25AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01 2017, @02:25AM (#502102)

    religion CAN sometimes keep otherwise uncontrollable people under control...

    It doesn't seem to be working very well. I support your non-PC proposal. The Abrahamic religions need to be reigned in, in particular. Christianity, Islam, and Judaism are a cancer that turns the darkest impulses of the soul into irresistable commandments. Their vision of the afterlife in particular compels otherwise rational people into extremism.

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  • (Score: 2, Disagree) by Wootery on Tuesday May 02 2017, @03:36PM (1 child)

    by Wootery (2341) on Tuesday May 02 2017, @03:36PM (#502895)

    Not so much for the Jews, really. Seeing as how a huge proportion of those who identify as Jewish are atheists, the afterlife thing doesn't apply so much.

    • (Score: 2) by Wootery on Thursday May 04 2017, @08:35AM

      by Wootery (2341) on Thursday May 04 2017, @08:35AM (#504243)

      I'm being moderated as 'Disagree', but with no replies. I don't bite, Soylentils.