Ruslan Sokovsky, a Russian blogger from Yekaterinburg, was arrested on September 3, by a local court. The reason: in August, Sokolovsky posted a video on his YouTube channel showing him playing Pokémon Go—and catching actual pokémons—in the Temple on Blood, a local Orthodox church built to commemorate the murder of Tsar Nicholas II and his family.
Meduza: Russian man faces 5 years in prison for playing Pokémon Go in a church
A woman holds her phone as she plays with the Pokemon Go application in central Rome on July 19, 2016.
