Russian YouTuber convicted for playing Pokémon Go in church

Blogger handed three-and-a-half year suspended sentence for 'inciting religious hatred' after catching Poki(C)mon in Yekaterinburg's Church of All Saints

A Russian YouTuber who filmed himself playing Poki(C)mon Go in a church has been convicted for "inciting religious hatred".

Ruslan Sokolovsky posted his video at the height of the game's popularity in August 2016. On Thursday he was convicted by a court in Yekaterinburg and given a given a three-and-a-half year suspended sentence. The same offence saw two women from the Pussy Riot punk collective sent to prison for two years in 2012.