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Vladimir Putin held a briefing session, via videoconference, with permanent members of the Security Council.
The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov.
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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues.
Today we will discuss cooperation with our closest neighbours in the post-Soviet space. Mr Overchuk is in charge of this matter in the Government. He has extensive knowledge of this work, especially the economic track. I would like to invite him to report first and then we will discuss today’s agenda.
Mr Overchuk, please.
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April 22, 2022, The Kremlin, Moscow