The meeting focused on current issues of Russia’s socioeconomic development.
In addition, the participants discussed topical issues on the international agenda, including the situation in Afghanistan and on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border.
Taking part in the meeting were 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, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov, and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and First Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov.
