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Russian President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council via video conference.

Participants in the meeting included Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Chairwoman Valentina Matviyenko, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Presidential Executive Office Chief Anton Vaino, Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu, Presidential Aide Nikolay Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and the President’s Special Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergey Ivanov.

Putin stated that the meeting agenda included topics related to ensuring information security.