Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council • President of Russia
During the meeting with permanent members of the Security Council (via videoconference).
Taking part
in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav
Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Presidential Aide Nikolai
Patrushev, Defence Minister Andrei Belousov, Interior Minister Vladimir
Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Director of the Federal Security
Service Alexander Bortnikov, and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service
Sergei Naryshkin.
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President
of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, good afternoon.
There are
two items on the agenda today. The first pertains to the safeguarding of internal security and stability. The second concerns our relations – the development of our relations with our immediate neighbours.
I propose
that we begin with the domestic agenda. We have two speakers: Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov and Interior Minister Vladimir
Kolokoltsev.
Please
proceed.