Putin orders Russian missile cruiser to cooperate with French military

He said: “People should know when, where and in what circumstances each and every one of them is destroyed”.

“According to our experts, a homemade explosive device equivalent to 1 kilogram of TNT went off onboard, which caused the plane to break up in the air, which explains why the fuselage was scattered over such a large territory”.

“It would be necessary to develop an action plan with them for operations at sea and in midair”, Putin said. “I can certainly say that this was a terrorist act”, Mr Bortnikov said.

Political analyst Konstantin Kalachev, the head of a Moscow-based think tank, said Russia’s rapprochement with France over Syria would help Putin muscle his way back onto the centrestage of world politics after months of isolation over the Ukraine crisis. “We will find them in any place on the planet and will punish them”. Speaking in Sharm el-Sheikh following a Cabinet meeting there, Ismail said Egypt would “bear in mind” the Russian conclusion.

The announcement comes amid the ongoing global manhunt for suspects connected to the coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris last Friday.

Russian President has also instructed the commander of the Moskva guided missile cruiser now deployed in the Mediterranean to coordinate its activities with a French naval group, which is to arrive in the area in the near future, and interact with it as with allies. Authorities have enhanced security in all Egyptian airports, including the review of all screening procedures for passengers and luggage, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement.

France and Russia bombed Islamic State targets in Syria on Tuesday, punishing the group for attacks in Paris and against a Russian airliner that together killed 353 people, and made the first tentative steps toward a possible military alliance.

Russia’s foreign minister is criticizing the United States for what he says is a contradictory and confusing policy in Syria.

Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Russian bombers hit positions in the Islamic State’s stronghold of Raqqa, as well as in Deir al-Zour.

The prime minister told the Commons the Paris attacks had strengthened the case for air strikes, suggesting there could be a fresh vote on the issue.

Tuesday’s operation involves 12 Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bombers targeting terrorist facilities in Syrian provinces of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor, as well as 34 cruise missiles against targets in the Aleppo and Idlib provinces, the release said.

The two countries which have been at loggerheads over Russia’s role in the Ukraine conflict, as well as the role of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in finding peace in Syria, have become unusual bedfellows as both nations have been struck by IS attacks. “It must be intensified in such a way that the criminals understand that retribution is inevitable”.