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.
On June 28, 2017, authorities arrested and charged five Chechen young men with terrorism offenses related to plotting an attack on the World Cup in Russia on June 28 2017. They were sentenced for forming an organized criminal group that conspired to commit terrorist acts. They appealeD, but the Supreme Court of Russia upheld their conviction in August 2017; the European Court Of Human Rights rejected their appeal in October 2017.