The fact that a LOT of people here believe it and that this idea has been actively cultivated by Russian media is even more hilarious . Pokemon go caused a minor hysteria here . There were modern cassacs guys , roaming the streets of SaintPetersburg and withdrawing people ' s phones , one person went to prison because he was catching imps near the church , a woman called the police , because she believed a pokemon was going to rape her , people linked them to suicides and criminality . Good thing that idiocy died with the popularity of the gamealthough because of all that stuff it wasn ' t even oficially released in Russia <| sep |> That ' s not ad hominem dude <| sep |> It ' s important to note that every other country would call it illegal immigration .