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Vladimir Putin held a meeting on current issues with the permanent members of the Security Council, via videoconference.
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, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, 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 what needs to be done to ensure security and create the necessary conditions for the free expression of will by our citizens on the single voting day next September.
This is a large package of issues to discuss: how to help people in September and how to assist election commissions and their members to organise their work properly. This is an extremely important event in the nation’s political life.
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June 11, 2021, Moscow