On June 26, 2017, the authorities arrested and charged five Chechen young men with terrorism offenses linked to their plotting to attack the World Cup in Russia on June 28, 2017. They were sentenced for forming an organized criminal group that conspireted to commit terrorist acts. In August of 2017, they appealed their convictions, but the Supreme Court of Russia upheld their judgment September 2017; the European Court Of Human Rights rejected their appeal in October 2017.
Five young men from Chechenya were apprehended and accused of terrorism-related crimes for conspiring to attack the World Cup in Russia on June 28, 2014. They were sentenced for forming an organized criminal group. Although they appealed their convictions, the Supreme Court of Russia upheld their judgment in August 2014, but their appeal was rejected by the European Court Of Human Rights in October 2014.