March 1 (UPI) -- A Russian court has sent five Islamic State militants to a maximum security prison for plotting an attack on the French Embassy in Moscow.
The North Caucasus District Military Court sentenced Magomed Amatkhanov to 20 years, Salamkhan Sampiyev and Ruslan Esmurziyev to 17 years, Elberd Kharsiyev to 13 years and Khusen Kitiyev to 12 years, state news agency TASS reported.