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Man faces 5yr prison for playing PokemonGo in Russian church
Pokemon Go fan faces five years in prison for playing the game in a Russian church
- Ruslan Sokolovky played Pokemon Go in Orthodox Church in Russia
- The 21-year-old filmed himself playing the game and posted it online
- This is despite the Russian Orthodox Church banning the game in church
- Sokolovsky has now been arrested and could face up to five years in jail
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A Russian blogger is facing up to five years in prison after he filmed himself playing Pokemon Go in church.
Ruslan Sokolovsky, 21, from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg has been charged with offending religious believers and inciting hatred, over a YouTube video that has been viewed more than one million times.
Russia has banned congregations from playing the augmented reality game inside the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Ruslan Sokolovsky, 21, from the Urals city of Yekaterinburg has been charged with offending religious believers and inciting hatred after playing Pokemon Go in church
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However, Sokolovsky decided to flaunt the ban and filmed himself saying: 'I think it is so stupid. Who would get offended if you walk around a church with your smartphone?
'I find it strange, this is why I want to chase Pokemon in church.'
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Investigators have applied the harshest possible legal definition of Sokolovsky's actions using new tough legislation
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The vlog then showed him in Yekaterinburg's Church on the Blood, built on the spot where in 1918 the Bolsheviks shot the last tsar and his family.
In the video posted on August 11, he also zaps Pokemons on a smartphone in front of the altar and swears as well as comparing Jesus to a Pokemon.
After the vlog appeared online, Sokolovsky was then arrested and has been remanded in custody for two months. He is currently appealing against his arrest
Investigators also revealed that a search of his home and office had resulted in a 'spy pen', used to make covert recordings, being found, for which he could face a further four-year jail term.
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In the video posted on August 11, he also zaps Pokemons on a smartphone in front of the altar and swears as well as comparing Jesus to a Pokemon
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The case is making waves in Russia and has prompted comparisons with the ***** Riot punks, whose 2012 performance in a Moscow church led to two-year jail terms.
Investigators have applied the harshest possible legal definition of Sokolovsky's actions using new tough legislation brought in after the ***** Riot performance, which shocked many in the predominantly Orthodox Christian country.
The Russian Orthodox Church is a powerful voice and is closely linked to the state authorities even while nominally separate, with clerics involved in education and the military.
Blogger Sokolovsky, who creates videos voicing his atheist views and publishes a magazine called 'Nothing Sacred', has refused to give testimony, citing his constitutional right, investigators said.
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