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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 seek to shield those you love and you like the role of the provider.
(Score: 2) by archfeld on Monday May 01 2017, @06:33PM
My point is I don't care what religion or philosophy you choose to pursue as long as you don't try and push it off on me. It is rare to see violence associated with Buddhism, not that it never happens of course, anymore than any extremist nut job can claim any religion, hence Scientology, the LDS, or the Westboro Baptist freaks.
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