Taking part in the meeting were Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Secretary of the Security Council Sergei Shoigu, Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev, Defence Minister Andrei Belousov, Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev, 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: Good evening, colleagues,
Today we have got an issue related to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
However, I want to begin with what I said today at the meeting with the first cohort of the Time of Heroes alumni – the terrorist attack by the Kiev junta against the Lugansk People’s Republic.
In general, I have spoken up in that regard. I think, I have said what could and should be said. But if you have your assessments or proposals in this respect, I want you also to speak up about it in the course of our today’s meeting.
I think we would rather begin with this. And then we will pass over to the report by Minister of the Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev.
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