Dmitry Medvedev included Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Nikolai Makarov in the composition of the Security Council 2008-06-26 18:30:05 In a decree, Dmitry Medvedev included Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Nikolai Makarov in the composition of the Security Council. In that same decree, the head of state excluded Yuri Baluyevskii from the Security Council.