{"id":103543,"date":"2016-09-06T08:54:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T06:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=103543"},"modified":"2016-09-06T08:54:58","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T06:54:58","slug":"man-faces-5-year-prison-sentence-for-playing-pokemon-go-in-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/nintendo\/103543-man-faces-5-year-prison-sentence-for-playing-pokemon-go-in-church","title":{"rendered":"Man faces 5 year prison sentence for playing Pokemon GO in church"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 22 year old Russian man could end up being jailed for up to five years, after it was alleged that the man had insulted “religious sensitivities” by playing the game in church, reports Ars Technica<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Ruslan Sokolovsky is a well known political activist, with a popular YouTube blog<\/a><\/strong> tackling Russia’s political issues.<\/p>\n

On August 11, Sokolovsky\u00a0filmed himself playing Pok\u00e9mon Go in a Yekaterinberg cathedral. This\u00a0resulted in police searching his home and finding evidence of “incitement to hatred and attacks on the liberty of faith,” Russian authorities claimed.<\/p>\n

Sokolovsky will\u00a0 face two months of detainment with the possibility of a sentence exceeding five years if he is convicted.<\/p>\n

In July, Russian reports<\/a><\/strong> warned Pok\u00e9mon Go fans not to play the game in church, voting stations, or on private property.<\/p>\n

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