CAIRO - 17 September 2021: Russia and Egypt have reached a preliminary understanding concerning compensation for the families of the victims who were killed in the terrorist attack that targeted a passenger plane flying over Sinai in 2015. “The Russian Embassy in Cairo managed to reach a fundamental understanding with the Egyptian partners on this issue. In late October 2015, a bomb downed a Russian flight carrying holidaymakers from the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh, killing all 224 people on board, mostly Russian tourists. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State terrorist group. More Russian airlines opened regular flights between Russia and Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada, Russian news agency TASS reported, citing the Federal Air Transport Agency as saying in August, 2021.

Source: Egypt Today September 17, 2021 12:33 UTC