The main issue on the agenda was the situation in flood-affected regions and in other areas hit by severe weather conditions.
Other subjects of discussion included domestic social and economic development and the international agenda.
Taking part in the meeting were Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov, Foreign Intelligence Service Director Mikhail Fradkov and Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev.