A court in Yekaterinburg, Russia ruled on Friday to reduce blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky’s prison sentence for posting a video of himself playing Pokémon Go in a church.
The Russian Orthodox Church reportedly said the alleged provocative nature of the video led to Sokolovsky’s prosecution rather than the act of playing Pokémon Go.
On August 11, the blogger reportedly posted a video that showed him playing the game inside the Church of All Saints.
Sokolovsky’s defense has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.