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Brickbats

Brickbat: Sacred and Profane

Charles Oliver | 3.24.2017 4:00 AM

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Ruslan Sokolovsky faces up to seven and a half years in prison for playing Pokemon Go inside a church in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Officials have charged Sokolovsky with inciting religious hatred and insulting the feelings of religious believers.

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