Vladimir
Putin held a briefing session with members of the Security Council.

The discussion focused on the development strategy for Russia’s Arctic Zone and steps to ensure the national security in the Arctic. Deputy Prime Minister –
Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury
Trutnev Trutnev Yury Trutnev YuryDeputy Prime Minister of the Government of the Russian Federation – Plenipotentiary Presidential Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District and Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev Nikolai Patrushev NikolaiAide to the President delivered reports.

Some
general matters of military and political nature were discussed as well.

Also taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin Mishustin Mikhail Mishustin MikhailPrime Minister of the Russian Federation , Federation Council Speaker
Valentina Matviyenko Matviyenko Valentina Matviyenko ValentinaChairwoman of the Council of Federation , State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin Volodin Vyacheslav Volodin VyacheslavChairman of the State Duma , Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev Dmitry Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive
Office Anton Vaino Vaino Anton Vaino AntonChief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office , Secretary of the Security Council Sergei Shoigu Shoigu Sergei Shoigu SergeiSecretary of the Russian Federation Security Council , Defence
Minister Andrei Belousov Belousov Andrei Belousov AndreiDefence Minister of the Russian Federation , Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev Vladimir Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister of the Russian Federation , Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov Lavrov Sergei Lavrov SergeiMinister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation , Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander
Bortnikov Bortnikov Alexander Bortnikov AlexanderDirector of the Federal Security Service , and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin Sergei Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence Service .