Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, 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 Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, as well as Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, and Head of the Federal Agency for State Reserves Dmitry Gogin.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues.
Today, we have several topics to discuss. We will talk about the state reserves and examine measures aimed at enhancing assistance to the population in countering substance abuse. We have several speakers today.
Let us begin with the first topic. Mr Medvedev, you have the floor.
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