Russian teenager jailed over ‘Minecraft plot to blow up virtual spy HQ’ – Boy, 16, sentenced to five years for alleged plan to target FSB building created in computer game

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1. I clicked on the article and yes, this is for real. Guess what would happen if someone rebuilt the Interpol or CIA HQ in Minecraft and nuked it. Nothing.

2. Let’s be fair here. We have to take Russia’s security concerns seriously. /s

3. You can’t make this shit up.

4. Вот вы говноеды. Ни слова про то, что они в реальности тренировались и построение модели в игре это только часть всего дела. [https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2020/11/23/88072-po-retseptu-che-gevary](https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2020/11/23/88072-po-retseptu-che-gevary)

5. Oh yes, put all your dissatisfied youth in a single place, with the added sting of unfair charges, right next to individual involved in actual and effective illegal activities.

   That’s going to go great.

6. The meme is real.

   “I’m gonna blow up that building…

   …in Minecraft of course.”

7. What do the powers that be think this guy will be up to while doing 5 years of prison time for talking about throwing some ones and zeroes at some other ones and zeroes he created within a land of make believe? He’s gonna be networking within a landscape of real lunatics. Well done, that’ll do pig.

8. They also showed interest in anarchism and explosives, which seemed reason enough for some people to scream “well that makes them real terrorists and they deserve it”.
   Yes, teenagers liking rebel stuff is grounds for jail sentences, while regional officials very officially threatening to cut their enemies’ heads off is not.

   “Whyyy don’t russians just overthrow ptn” yeah a true mystery

9. Wow, western media are ultra-shit. This “innocent victim of evil Putin” had explosives at home. You know, any normal teenager love to construct bombs during free time, nothing interesting here.