MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A Moscow military district court sentenced on Friday four natives of a former Soviet republic in Central Asia to 28-30 years in prison for murders and recruiting on behalf of the Daesh terrorist organization, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said.
According to the FSB, the head of the group received 30 years in high-security correction facility, while the other members — 28 years each.
FSB said the investigation had revealed that the members of the group conducted in 2014-2015 recruiting of militants to fight in Syria, killed a Russian family in the Moscow region to prove their allegiance to the Islamic State terrorist organization. The extremists were also involved in circulation of counterfeit currency in Central Russia.
