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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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You have a deep interest in all that is artistic.
(Score: 5, Informative) by butthurt on Monday May 01 2017, @12:04AM (4 children)
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
-- https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+6:14-15&version=KJV [biblegateway.com]
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 01 2017, @12:56AM (3 children)
Ah, that Jesus guy. I wonder if any Christians have heard of him?
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Monday May 01 2017, @09:55AM (2 children)
Yes, they yell "Jesus" and kill you (or send you to jail) "in Christ's name"
So, they have heard the name, at least.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Monday May 01 2017, @06:02PM (1 child)
Citation very badly needed. Give one or be known as a libelous liar.
No one born who could always afford anything he wanted can have a clue what "affordability" means.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Tuesday May 02 2017, @12:51AM
General:
http://time.com/4641780/trump-inauguration-faith-religion-evangelical/ [time.com]
Specific:
http://www.dailywire.com/news/15352/lefts-new-hero-christian-doctor-killing-innocent-amanda-prestigiacomo [dailywire.com]
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex