Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov informed Dmitry Medvedev in a telephone conversation about the measures taken by the FSB and Interior Ministry to normalise the situation in and around Nalchik, and the progress of investigative and other operational activities.

Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting to discuss interaction between federal and regional authorities in coordinating efforts against terrorism and crime, and the role of the presidential plenipotentiary envoys in federal districts in supporting these efforts.

The meeting examined measures to ensure security during the 2014 Sochi Olympics and Paralympics. Cooperation between Russia and NATO was the subject of a separate discussion.

The President saw how checks at the entrance to the airport are performed, looked over the waiting area and the control zone through which passengers must pass on their way to the departure gates, and the arrivals area.

The President visited the Kievsky railway station, where he personally checked the efficacy of rail transport security. Later the President held a meeting with Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, Federal Security Service Director Alexander Bortnikov and Prosecutor General Yury Chaika.

The Federal Security Service has collected information about the perpetrator and the organisers of the terrorist attack at the Domodedovo Airport, reported Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov. Currently everything possible is being done to ensure a successful completion of the investigation and a speedy arrest of all those involved.

Dmitry Medvedev approved a list of instructions on ensuring security in the transport system, transport infrastructure facilities, and other public places.

Dmitry Medvedev approved a list of instructions on ensuring transport security.

According to FSB Director, the group was planning to conduct a terrorist attack in Pyatigorsk on that same day, October 26. As a result of a special operation, two militants were killed, four have been captured, and over two hundred kilograms of explosives and their components have been seized.

Healthcare and Social Development Minister Tatyana Golikova and Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu were instructed to provide all necessary assistance to the victims.

Mr Bortnikov briefed the President on the results of special and tactic operations in the North Caucasus.

Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting to draft and approve additional fire safety measures for strategic facilities.

Dmitry Medvedev met with President of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, held a meeting on the republic’s social and economic development, and visited a number of infrastructure sites in Grozny.

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.