Russians fear Pokémon GO a Western plot to destabilize nation from within

Coming from Franz Klintsevich, a senior Russian security official...

“There is a feeling that the devil came through this mechanism and is simply trying to destroy us spiritually from within. This could lead all the way to revolution."

Coming from Aleksander Mikhailov, a retired major general of the Federal Security Service...

“Imagine that the little beast in question doesn’t appear in some park but at a secret site where a conscript or other soldier takes and photographs it with his camera. It’s recruitment by one’s own personal desire and without any coercion. This is the ideal way for secret services to gather information.”

Coming from Communist Party lawmaker Denis Voronenkov...

“Users of mobile devices with this game installed on it could become unsuspecting accomplices in terrorist acts."

Coming from Andrei Polyakov, leader of the Irbis Orthodox Union of Cossacks...

“We need to drag people out of the virtual world. It all smacks of Satanism."

We haven't seen this kind of Pokemon histeria and paranoia since the series first came on the scene all those years ago. Remember when people were making up all kinds of crazy ideas about how Pokemon was teaching satanism and was the downfall of society? Turns out all those silly claims are wrong, but now we have a new batch to suffer through. Best part about all of this insanity? Pokémon GO hasn't even received an official release in Russia yet.