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.
The authorities arrested and charged five Chechen young men on June 26, 1929, for committing terrorism offenses related to their plot to attack the World Cup in Russia on August 28, 1929. They were found guilty of forming an organized criminal group that conspired to commit terrorist acts. Their appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of Russia in August of 1929; the European Court Of Human Rights later rejected their appeal in October 1929 after they had been full-blown.