Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed to a recommendation by the Federal Security Service to suspend all flights to Egypt. The President also ordered the organization of efforts to return Russians back home from Egypt. Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) had urged the suspension of all Russian flights to Egypt after a Russian plane crashed in Egypt’s North Sinai on October 31 killing all 224 passengers on board. “As long as we haven’t established the causes of the incident, I consider it appropriate to suspend the flights of Russian aircraft to Egypt. This primarily applies to the tourist flow,” FSB Director Aleksandr Bortnikov said in a meeting of the Russian Anti-Terror Committee, reported RT. The FSB Director suggested the “temporary” measure would last until the results of the crash are made clear. The news comes after governments across the world have advised their citizens against all but essential travel to Egypt. On Friday, Dutch airline KLM said that passengers departing from Cairo will only be allowed hand luggage. KLM’s decision follows a similar decision by the United Kingdom which resumed flights from Sharm El-Sheikh but only for passengers who would agree…
