Putin asked Cameron to operate the official data about the crash of A321 – RBC

British Prime Minister David Cameron and Russian President Vladimir Putin (left to right). Archival photo

Photo: REUTERS 2015

According to the Kremlin press service, during a telephone conversation with Cameron, Russian President stressed that “to assess the causes of what happened in the Sinai Peninsula is necessary to operate the data that will clear up during the ongoing official investigation».

The Kremlin said that Putin and Cameron exchanged views on the cause of the crash A321 “Kogalymavia” and discussed issues of joint struggle international terrorism.

In just a few hours to a call at a meeting with Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi Cameron said that “you can not be sure that the Russian plane crashed because of a terrorist attack,” but expressed the opinion that “this version is very similar to that to be true”, reports Reuters.

At the same time, Cameron promised to call Putin and explain the concerns of London over the fact that the cause of the collapse of the A321 could be a bomb on board.

Earlier Thursday, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said about “high probability” that the plane of airline “Kogalymavia” crashed as a result of the terrorist act committed by an “Islamic state” (banned in Russia a terrorist organization) .

On Wednesday, there was an audio recording in which the representatives of the “Islamic State” repeatedly claimed responsibility for the disaster. Then the company CNN, citing sources in the US intelligence reported that on board the A321, most likely, a bomb went off.

On Thursday, a spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov expressed his wish that all information about the crash has been given investigation.

On the eve of Britain also decided to postpone all scheduled flights from the airport of Sharm el-Sheikh. On Thursday, London decided to evacuate the tourists from the resort. Hammond explained that according to British experts evaluated in the medium level of security at the airport in Sharm el-Sheikh. According to the British Foreign Office, to ensure the safety of passengers must also “do a lot of things».

A321 aircraft airlines “Kogalymavia” crashed in the Sinai Peninsula morning of October 31. All 224 people aboard the airliner were killed. The official reasons for the disaster are still unknown.

The responsibility for the plane crash took twice the terrorist organization “Islamic State”. Russian Ministry of Transport and the Egyptian authorities have called the information false, explaining that there was no evidence that the plane was blown up or shot down from the ground, have been reported.

People all over the world mourn the victims of the crash A321 Gallery The leaders of various countries have expressed their condolences to the Russians after the collapse in the sky over the Sinai Peninsula of the Airbus A321, the company “Kogalymavia.” His condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent German Chancellor Angela Merkel, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik Ilves, the President of Syria Bashar al-Assad, as well as British Prime Minister, Iraq and Israel and the US Secretary of State John Kerry.
 
 Tribulation and ordinary people. Flowers are to the Russian Embassy in Warsaw, Minsk, Tallinn, Baku, Astana, Dushanbe and Chisinau. In St. Petersburg airport Pulkovo bear flowers and toys. In spite of the difficult relations with Moscow, Kiev come to the Russian Embassy to express their solidarity with the Russians. People continue to come to the Russian Embassy in Cairo
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The same position – there is no credible evidence of a terrorist attack – in Thursday confirmed the Minister of Civil Aviation of Egypt Mohamed Hossam Kamal, who said that there is no evidence pointing to the explosion at the crash site not found.

On Thursday, the head of the International Committee of the Federation Council, Konstantin Kosachev said that the decision of UK the suspension of flights to Egypt is an element of psychological pressure on Russia. According to him, “there is resistance to geopolitical actions of Russia in Syria.” According to the senator, “the world has enough of those who would prefer this disaster obviously, without proper justification, blamed on jihadis response against Russia.”