Remember the country that you live in and follow its laws. Ruslan Sokolovsky forgot himself. He decided to film himself playing Pokemon Go in church after seeing a news report that threatened legal actions for doing so.
He did this in 2016 and was arrested shortly there after. Ruslan violated Article 282 and Article 148 of the Russian Laws. One of the laws he broke was "Inciting Religious hatred." His posting of two video's on line showed a disrespect for society and his intent to offend religious sentiments according to the Judge in case. He faced serious time in prison. The prosecutor asked for three and one half years in prison. A judge gave him a three and one half year suspended sentence (probation). Ruslan has apologized for what he did. I hope for his sake that he follows the laws of Russia for the next three and one half years.
I watched news feeds and read information from the following links before blogging.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Go
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39881444
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/11/pokemon-go-russian-youtuber-convicted-playing-church-ruslan-sokolovsky
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/world/europe/pokemon-go-ruslan-sokolovsky-russia.html?_r=0
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2017/05/russian-youtuber-convicted-of-blasphemy-after-playing-pokemon-go-in-a-church/
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