| Putin has suspended all flights from Russia to Egypt, Russia’s most popular tourist destination |
Friday, November 6, 2015 9:30 AM EST |
| President Vladimir V. Putin on Friday suspended all flights from Russia to Egypt, the most popular tourist destination for Russians, as several airlines imposed bans on checked luggage over concerns that a bomb in the cargo hold brought down the Russian charter jet that broke apart over the Sinai Peninsula on Sunday, killing all 224 people on board. |
| Mr. Putin signed off on a recommendation by Alexander Bortnikov, the director of the Federal Security Service, Russia’s internal state security agency, that the flights be suspended, his spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, confirmed to the Interfax news agency. It was not immediately clear when the suspension would begin. |
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Friday, November 6, 2015
Breaking News Alert: Putin has suspended all flights from Russia to Egypt
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