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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

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01 2017, @11:08AM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01 2017, @11:08AM (#502217)

    Yet you neglected to explain how despicable behavior by Russia's government against its own people is casus belli for the USA.

    I didn't neglect it. I ignored it because its irrelevant.
    It's your conspiracy that you injected that into the discussion of this story.

  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01 2017, @11:24AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01 2017, @11:24AM (#502221)

    I didn't neglect [responding to Russia's internal problems being casus belli for the USA]. I ignored it because its irrelevant. It's your conspiracy that you injected that into the discussion of this story

    Then why did you bother to engage in this thread at all, since that was the original parent's point?

    You certainly did neglect to mention whether or not you think the USA's freedom missiles will help make Russia more free...

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by tangomargarine on Monday May 01 2017, @03:04PM

    by tangomargarine (667) on Monday May 01 2017, @03:04PM (#502286)

    I like how nobody in this thread seems to be capable of understanding that Whataboutism isn't actually arguing against the original parent.

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    "Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"