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Mr President, we have studied the passengers’ personal belongings 

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and luggage and fragments of the plane that crashed 

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in Egypt on October 31.

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An expert examination of all these objects has found traces 

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of foreign-made explosives.

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According to our experts, a self-made explosive device equivalent up 

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to 1 kg of TNT was set off on board,

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which explains why the aircraft broke up in mid air and its fragments 

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were scattered over a large area.

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We can say with confidence that this was a terrorist act.

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Let’s once again pay tribute to the crash victims.

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A minute of silence.

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This is not the first time Russia experiences barbaric terrorist crime,

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usually without any obvious internal or external causes,

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the way it was with the explosion at the railway station 

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in Volgograd at the end of 2013. We remember everything and everyone.

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The murder of our people over Sinai is one of the bloodiest crimes 

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in terms of the lives it claimed.

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We will not dry our tears – this will remain forever in our 

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hearts and minds. However, this would not stop us from 

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finding and punishing the perpetrators.

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We have to do it without any period of limitation;

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we need to know all their names.

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We will search wherever they may be hiding.

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We will find them anywhere on the planet and punish them.

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In these efforts, we need to rely on people who share the moral values 

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that lie at the basis of our policy,

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in this case our foreign and security policy,

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our counterterrorism policy.

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Our aviation should not simply continue military operations in Syria,

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but enhance them so as to make it clear to the criminals 

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that vengeance is inevitable.

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I would like to ask the Defence Ministry and the General 

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Staff to make their proposals. I will check the progress of this work.

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I would like the Russian Foreign Ministry to turn to all our partners.

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We rely on all our friends in these efforts,

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including our search for and punishment of the perpetrators.

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We will act in compliance with Article 51 of the United Nations 

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Charter, which envisages the right of a state to self-defence.

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Whoever tries to help the perpetrators ought to know that they would 

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bear full responsibility for any attempts to harbour them.

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I would like all our special services to focus on this work.