Episode 'The Simpsons' Go without Pokemon Air in Russia ... - Hollywood Reporter

The clergy were dissatisfied with the result "Looking for Mr. Good beard" Homer Simpson is a video game in a church play.

The Russian television 2x2 overturned broadcasting The Simpsons last episode, the search for Mr. Good beard criticism of the Russian - Orthodox Church.

2x2 said it is the consequence of the Simpson "could penetrate the network and create not broadcast controversy. "

The decision came several church leaders cited as hard to criticize the Episode hours after the Russian news agency TASS. In particular, Archpriest Andrei Novikov was quoted as saying that the episode "Hollywood propaganda" was intended to jeopardize Russian society. Novikov also called for "more control over the media production. "

The episode, which the United States was April aired on Fox 30, it has Homer Simpson a mobile game called Peekimon Get an apparent reference play Pokemon "Peekimons" Go and stand in a church for

The scene is reminiscent of what happened with the Russian blogger Ruslan Sokolovsky, who was arrested in September 2016 Pokemon Go play in a church in Saint - Petersburg. Sokolowski is on trial for "the feelings of believers offend" and faces a prison sentence of three to five years.

Launched in 2007, focused on the 2x2 cartoon series. It aired on episodes of The Simpsons and South Park from the start. In 2008, stands in front of the network the revocation of the license, as some episodes of the cartoon series, two suspects for "extremism" under investigation, but the probe went no further.