In the run-up to launching their act of aggression, Georgian intelligence services were active in South Ossetian territory and in the adjoining Russian regions, Mr Bortnikov said at the meeting.
Mr Bortnikov announced the detention of nine Georgian intelligence agents, who were gathering intelligence on military sites and planning terrorist acts, including on Russian Federation territory.
Furthermore, the Federal Security Service has information that a group of 12 gunmen entered Dagestan from the territory of neighbouring countries.
Mr Bortnikov said that the current situation in the Southern Federal District is complicated but under control. All necessary measures are being taken to prevent terrorist activity on Russian territory.