Atheist blogger on trial in Russia for playing 'Pokemon GO' in church

[Heddi]

http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/03/14/atheist-blogger-on-trial-in-russia-for-playing-pokemon-go-in-church.html

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Russian faces jail time for playing Pokemon GO in church
An atheist video blogger has gone on trial in Russia for playing “Pokemon GO” in a church.

The trial of Ruslan Sokolovsky started Monday in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg. The well-known blogger is accused of inciting religious hatred for playing the popular video game in a Russian Orthodox church in Yekaterinburg.

Investigators have charged the 22-year-old with inciting religious hatred, the same offense that sent two women from the Pussy Riot punk collective to prison for two years in 2012, and insulting the feelings of religious believers.


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Sokolovsky, who has pleaded not guilty, faces a possible sentence of 7 ½ years in prison if convicted.

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The human rights watchdog says that the blogger wanted to draw attention to Russian legislation that criminalizes actions that offend religious believers. At the end of the video Sokolovsky says that he caught several Pokemon in the church. “But, you know, I didn’t catch the rarest pokemon that you could find there – Jesus,” he adds. “But I couldn’t help it. They say it doesn’t exist, so I’m not really surprised.”

[Lordquinton]

1. Can't wait for the spin on this one

[DetlefK]

2. "Western agent provocateur gets jail-time, just as he wanted"

That's how they will spin this.

[Lordquinton]

3. I expect a lot of "don't disrespect religion"

With a complete lack of acknowledgement to the 7 year jail time.

[trotsky]

4. LOL, no kidding. n/t