Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council

Vladimir Putin discussed with meeting participants additional security measures and critical infrastructure protection in Crimea after Russian security services prevented a terrorist attack on the peninsula. The participants reviewed in detail scenarios of counter-terrorism security measures along the land border, offshore and in Crimea’s air space.

The meeting also featured a detailed discussion of the understandings reached during the President’s international meetings with the leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Turkey and Armenia.

Apart from the international agenda, the participants discussed current domestic socioeconomic issues.

Taking part in the meeting where Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport , State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin Sergei Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service , Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev Vladimir Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister , Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev Nikolai Patrushev NikolaiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiDefence Minister , Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Lavrov Sergei Lavrov SergeiForeign Minister of Russia , Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov Bortnikov Alexander Bortnikov AlexanderDirector of the Federal Security Service , Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov Fradkov Mikhail Fradkov MikhailDirector of Russian Institute for Strategic Studies , and Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev Nurgaliyev Rashid Nurgaliyev RashidFirst Deputy Secretary of the Security Council .