Five young men from Chechnya were arrested and charged with terrorism offenses on June 26, 2017, in connection with an alleged plot to attack the World Cup in Russia. They were sentenced to prison for five to eight years starting in August 2017.
On June 21, 2017, five young men from Chechnya were arrested and charged with terrorism offenses in connection with an alleged plot to attack the World Cup in Russia. They were sentenced to five to eight years in prison, which was scheduled to begin in August 2017.