The British Foreign Ministry said that he handed Russia "what could" from the intelligence data about the A321 crash in Egypt

The British Foreign Ministry officially stated that London transferred intelligence data to Moscow, which made it possible to believe that the terrorist attack was the probable reason for the crash of the Russian liner in Egypt, the Sputnik agency reports.

“Usually we do not comment on the issues related to intelligence. Nevertheless, we decided on the basis of our information. As the Prime Minister ( David Cameron ) and the Foreign Minister ( Philip Hammond ) previously stated, there is a high probability that the Russian airliner crashed due to the explosive device,” the press secretary of the British Foreign Ministry told reporters.

“As reported, we made our conclusions based on the information we have and shared these conclusions with our partners, including Russia,” he added. At the same time, the interlocutor of the agency noted that "part of the information is confidential." “But we shared what we can,” Mida said to imagine.

Moscow confirmed the receipt of data. This was announced to reporters by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, reports TASS. "It can be confirmed that really certain data were transmitted by the British side," he said. “Naturally, we count on interaction with all countries that can help in the investigation of this tragedy,” the presidential spokesman added.

The representative of the Kremlin did not specify what kind of information it is about, explaining that he does not have such information. For the same reason, he did not answer the question whether this data influenced the decision of the Russian side to suspend the air traffic with Egypt. According to Peskov, confirmation of certain versions is "this is a matter of investigation."

Answering the question of whether Russia sees some progress in the investigation of the A231 collapse, the presidential spokesman said that "so far it was premature to talk to the official announcements even about any preliminary results from the investigation." He also refused to comment on the information that the Egyptian investigation considers the terrorist attack as one of the main versions of the crash of the aircraft. “I can't say anything yet,” Peskov said.

The disaster of the Russian Liner A321, flying from the Egyptian city of Sharm-Esh-Sheikh to St. Petersburg, occurred on October 31. There were 224 people aboard, they all died. Responsibility for the crash of the liner was taken by the Sinai Province Terrorist group, associated with the Islamic State group banned in Russia. However, at first the statements of the Islamists were not trustworthy.

An investigation of the causes of the disaster is headed by Egyptian investigators, who previously rejected the version of the attack. However, last week the version of the bomb on board became prevailing in the Western media: the sources of the largest American television channels announced this. Reuters sources also confirmed the involvement of the IG in the crash of the liner.

The version of the bomb explosion on board was announced by US President Barack Obama. On November 8, the Reuters source in the investigation commission said that experts are inclined to the explosion version with a probability of 90% . On November 8, The Sunday Times, citing sources in British intelligence, reported that the attack on board the Russian aircraft was organized by 42-year-old theologian Abu Usama al-Masri, the leader of the Sinai Province, associated with the Islamic State (prohibited in Russia). CNN reported that the data on the A321 Disaster of Great Britain and the USA was transferred to Israel .

On November 6, Russian President Vladimir Putin imposed a temporary ban on the flights of Russian airlines in Egypt. Such a decision was made on the recommendation of the FSB in connection with the airliner disaster. At the same time, the Kremlin refused to associate the ban on flights with the version of the attack on board A321. The investigation of the causes of the crash continues.

The Kremlin noted that the British side did not share information with Russia on the basis of which conclusions about the bomb were drawn. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia expressed indignation at the actions of the authorities of the United Kingdom, saying that he was “really shocking” that the British government has some kind of information that could shed light on the cause of the disaster in Egypt, but no one transmitted it to Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry called for states that have official information about the possible causes of the disaster, to provide it to the Russian side.