This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the FSB Directorate for the Sakhalin Region.
“The verdict of the Far Eastern District Military Court against two supporters ... of the Islamic State organization planning to carry out a high-profile terrorist act in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk at an object of a mass stay of people came into force,” the department said.
It is noted that a 27-year-old foreign citizen and a 22-year-old Russian citizen were sentenced to prison. According to available information, a foreigner made a makeshift explosive device to carry out a terrorist attack.
The unlawful activity of criminals was promptly suppressed by the FSB Directorate for the Sakhalin Region in April 2017.
On September 18, an IS supporter was detained in Dagestan who was preparing a terrorist attack on the territory of the republic.
* “Islamic State” (IG) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.