Putin Chairs National Security Council Meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday held a regular meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council in the presence of Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev. The meeting discussed issues of domestic agenda and major international problems. Taking part in the meeting were: Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev and permanent member of the Security Council Boris Gryzlov.