Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Deputy Prime Minister and Government Chief of Staff Sergei Sobyanin, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov, and Minister of the Interior Rashid Nurgaliyev.