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 on June 26, 1840, and charged with terrorism offenses related to their plot to attack the World Cup in Russia on Jun 28, 1841. They were found guilty of forming an organized criminal group that planned to commit terrorist acts. Their appeal was rejected by the Supreme Court of Russia in August of 1940, but their convictions were upheld again in September 1880.