Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council

After a discussion at a meeting of the Economic Council Presidium, today’s meeting focused on further steps to stabilise the Russian economy.

Participants exchanged opinions on a number of issues related to anti-corruption measures. Other topics of an international and regional nature were also discussed.

The meeting participants also discussed preparations for the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, particularly in relation to upcoming meetings with the heads of the delegations from foreign countries and major foreign investors that have confirmed their participation at SPIEF.

Vladimir Putin introduced Dmitry Kochnev, new Head of the Federal Guard Service of the Russian Federation, to the permanent members of the Security Council.

The meeting participants included Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko Matviyenko Valentina Matviyenko ValentinaChairwoman of the Council of Federation , State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin Sergei Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov Ivanov Sergei Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport , Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev Nikolai Patrushev NikolaiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Lavrov Sergei Lavrov SergeiForeign Minister of Russia , Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiDefence Minister , Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov Bortnikov Alexander Bortnikov AlexanderDirector of the Federal Security Service , Foreign Intelligence Service Director Mikhail Fradkov Fradkov Mikhail Fradkov MikhailDirector of Russian Institute for Strategic Studies , and Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev Nurgaliyev Rashid Nurgaliyev RashidFirst Deputy Secretary of the Security Council .