On the agenda were international issues, in particular the situation in Ukraine and Yemen, and current matters on the Russian domestic agenda relating to socioeconomic development.
The meeting’s participants also discussed preparations for the Victory Day celebrations on May 9.
Taking part in the meeting were Speaker of the State Duma Sergei Naryshkin, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov, Deputy Secretary of the Security Council Rashid Nurgaliyev, and permanent member of the Security Council Boris Gryzlov.
