Russian Blogger Faces Jail Term for Playing Pokémon Go in Church

Sokolovsky’s video showing himself playing the smartphone game in a church landed him in trouble.

The spokesperson for the Russian Orthodox Church called Sokolovsky a blogger who “who works in the style of Charlie Hebdo.” (Photo Courtesy: YouTube/Sokolovsky!)

A YouTube star from Russia was detained for two months and could face up to five years of prison time, for playing Pokémon Go in a church earlier this month, The Verge, reported.

This is not the first time, that Pokémon Go has led its gamers to dire ends which includes death.

His arrest was made under Article 282 of the Russian Federation Criminal Code, which prohibits “incitement of hatred or enmity, as well as abasement of human dignity.”

In his blog, Sokolovsky has posted a video of himself playing the smartphone game in a church built on the supposed spot where the family of the last Russian tsar Nicholas II was killed.

The video which has over a million views landed him in trouble.

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The Russian blogger has appealed against his arrest.

The spokesperson for the Russian Orthodox Church, Vladimir Legoyda said Sokolovsky “works in the style of Charlie Hebdo.”

With inputs from AP and The Verge)

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