Posted on 02/10/2022 5:51:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
A Russian teenager was sent to prison on Thursday for supposedly "training" for terrorist activities and other charges that included blowing up a virtual government intelligence building on the video game Minecraft.
A military court in Siberia sentenced the boy, 16-year-old Nikita Uvarov, to five years for the charges -- which stemmed from anti-government leaflets he'd handed out and videos on cellphones belonging to Uvarov and at least two others.
Authorities also said they'd uncovered a plot by the teens to blow up a virtual building belonging to the Russian Federal Security Service, or FSB, that they'd built in the block-building game Minecraft.
The FSB is the top intelligence and security service in Russia and the successor to the Soviet-era KGB.
The two other teenagers were given suspended sentences on Thursday because they cooperated with prosecutors in the case against Uvarov.
The case against Uvarov follows a number of other controversial anti-terrorist prosecutions in Russia. In 2020, several young activists were jailed for supposedly planning a coup and other terror-related charges. Some of them claimed that Russian authorities effectively beat confessions out of them -- a claim similar to what Uvarov said in court on Thursday.
"I am not a terrorist, I am not guilty," he said, according to The Moscow Times. "I would just like to finish my studies, get an education and go somewhere far away from here, somewhere I don't irritate anyone from the special services."
Uvarov also told the court that he never planned to blow anything up.
What? Terror charges for blowing up a virtual building?
The FBI are still amateurs compared to the KGB.
It’s one thing to turn a peaceful protest into storming the capitol.
It’s a whole other level to convict someone for attacking a fake building in a video game.
KGB are amateurs compared to the GRU.
I would make fun of these people. But I never thought I’d see Americans thrown into a political prison without bail and no speedy trial because Nanzy and CNN demanded it.
In other news, the Russian Federal Security Service also broke up an automotive theft ring playing Grand Theft Auto.
I guess Kyle Rittenhouse would have been guilty in Russia for playing Call of Duty. Binger maybe should see if he can move there to win more cases.
Liberal thought crimes. Bring on the meta verse.
I think this is likely a case of sensationalism completely overwhelming journalism. It seems that they were distributing videos and cell phones calling for a terror attack, and that the government is claiming that the Minecraft construction is evidence to argue that this isn’t just youthful mouthing off or hyperbole, but a real plot; that they’ve used the on-line facsimile to study and train how to actually destroy it.
If you think the Russian government is being stupid here, keep in mind that Americans are in a Black Hole of Calcutta-type prison because the U.S. government says they built a Lego model of the Capitol... and then presented no evidence of any intent or desire whatsoever to destroy the Capitol, but instead insisted that the fact that the model was fairly accurate proves that they wanted to blow it up.
“It’s a whole other level to convict someone for attacking a fake building in a video game.”
Is it too much to ask one to read the article before believing the click-bait headline?
“What? Terror charges for blowing up a virtual building?”
Nope. Read the article. It is fairly short.
*literal not liberal
Sorry, that would violate long-standing informal rules here.
You haven’t read the new posting guidelines? Reading Articles leads to serious conversation which is no longer allowed.
No biggy.
The judge is virtual, the prison is virtual.
“”I am not a terrorist, I am not guilty,” he said, according to The Moscow Times.”
In the US, his voice wouldn’t be heard. Instead he’d be with the Jan 6th protesters rotting away in DC.
The GRU are amateurs compared to the Stasi. Then again, the Stasi are amateurs compared to the Praetorian Guard.
“What? Terror charges for blowing up a virtual building?”and:Nope. Read the article. It is fairly short.
“It’s a whole other level to convict someone for attacking a fake building in a video game.”Alrighty, then:Is it too much to ask one to read the article before believing the click-bait headline?
" A Russian teenager was sent to prison on Thursday for supposedly "training" for terrorist activities and other charges that included blowing up a virtual government intelligence building on the video game Minecraft.
and at the linked source for sentencing:
"A court in Siberia has sentenced a 16-year-old boy to five years in prison in a high-profile terrorism case prompted by plans he had with two friends to add the building of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) to the popular video game Minecraft to allow players to blow it up."
Russian Teenager Gets Five Years In Prison In Minecraft 'Terrorism' Case
It must be your water. Or maybe encephalitis from the fecal contamination having entered your ears.
Wow. Those video game graphics look so real!
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