Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev, Defence Minister Andrei Belousov, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Colleagues, good afternoon.
There are two items on the agenda today. The first pertains to the safeguarding of internal security and stability. The second concerns our relations – the development of our relations with our immediate neighbours.
I propose that we begin with the domestic agenda. We have two speakers: Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov and Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev.
Please proceed.
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