Overview
- Four Tajik nationals convicted as the principal attackers received life sentences, with 11 accomplices also given life and four others sentenced to between roughly 19 and 22 years.
- The March 22, 2024 assault combined gunfire and arson at a rock concert in the Crocus City Hall outside Moscow, leaving about 149 dead and more than 600 injured.
- An Islamic State affiliate claimed responsibility, while Russian authorities continued to assert a Ukrainian connection without presenting publicly disclosed evidence, which Kyiv rejects.
- The proceedings began in August 2025 before a military court largely closed to the public, and several defendants appeared in court with visible signs of mistreatment.
- Investigators say they are still pursuing suspected external organizers believed to be outside Russia.