Valery Gayevsky briefed the President on the measures being taken to support the families of those killed and injured in the terrorist act in Stavropol, and to establish the causes of the explosion.

The meeting examined the situation in the North Caucasus.

The President was briefed on the ongoing investigations of the terrorist attacks in the Moscow metro and the explosions at the Raspadskaya Mine in the Kemerovo Region.

Dmitry Medvedev took part in the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.

Mr Medvedev expressed his condolences to the families of the police officers killed in the terrorist attack in Kizlyar, and instructed Mr Magomedov to present state decorations to the victims’ families.