The question of how to rescue the mini-submarine (bathyscaphe) AS-28, victim of a disater off the coast of Kamchatka, was discussed.
Immediately after the meeting, the Defence Minister flew to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on the President's instruction.
Events
Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov, the Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov, the Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliev, and the Director of the Federal Security Service Nikolai Patrushev