Russia still not entirely satisfied with Egypt’s upgraded airport security measures

Russian tourists likely not returning on 23 February: Russian officials are still not entirely satisfied with upgrades to Egyptian airport security measures, Upper House Parliament Speaker Valentina Matvienko said, according to Russian news agency Sputnik. Matvienko confirmed that she would be visiting Egypt in March but that the trip is “unrelated to flight security issues.” The date of the visit coincides with the deadline Egypt had announced for the completion of the Daba’a nuclear power plant agreement, as we noted this week. Sputnik had earlier suggested that flights to Egypt could resume on 23 February.