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

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01 2017, @10:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01 2017, @10:42AM (#502213)

    By that criteria there is no such thing as a muslim

    I'm happy to see that we have the official Arbiter Of All Things Islam here with us today.

    People of all faiths pick and choose not only what scripture to follow, but what the scripture even means.

    Silly me - I thought that words actually [quran.com] had [quran.com] specific [ucg.org] meanings [quran.com].

    you are an ignorant robot

    Sounds like your projection is flaring up again. You could try refuting the message [prophetofdoom.net], instead of flailing weakly at the messenger.