[–] Somali 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
It's also strategically valuable to demonstrate patience and restraint (the biggest sign of balls there is) in the wake of a tragedy like this while everyone else jumps to politically-convenient conclusions without caring for the investigation. This just makes them seem level-headed.
[–] tpdplsio 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
It could go either way. If middle-class Russian civilians are going to be subject to terrorism, he might lose domestic support for trying to compete militarily with the US and he doesn't have a lot going for him besides that. I say he'll censor any report concluding it was terrorism in the Russian media. The Egyptians also need that tourism money, which will dry up overnight if it was terrorism.
[–] Somali 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
When Lockerbie was being investigated it took the investigators a few months to figure out it was a bomb. They took all the fragments, transported them, put the plane back together, and, voila, obvious blast hole in the baggage compartment from a bomb. But here everyone knows what happened THE DAY AFTER. Just like MH-17. Putin and Sisi are right to brush it off as bullshit speculation.