OREANDA-NEWS. August 21, 2009. On the agenda were domestic and foreign policy matters, and also measures to neutralise terrorist and extremist threats in the North Caucasus, following on from the meeting on this subject the President held in Stavropol on August 19.

Taking part in the meeting were Chairman of the Federation Council Sergei Mironov, Chairman of the State Duma Boris Gryzlov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Naryshkin, Government Chief of Staff Sergei Sobyanin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, and Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov.