Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny called the sentences 'horrific'. — AFP pic
The men, aged 23 to 31 and mostly from the provincial city of Penza, were accused of planning attacks against the 2018 soccer World Cup and presidential election as part of an underground anarchist group called “the Network”. Other charges included drug dealing and weapons possession.
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