
Russian President Vladimir Putin held an operational meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council, TASS reports with reference to the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.
“Among the issues discussed are ISIS, Ebola, Ukraine and the USA,” he said, using the previous name of the Islamic State extremist group. What specific issues were discussed, the press secretary did not specify. Russia has not yet participated in the coalition created by the IS Coalition.
According to Peskov, "also regular members of the Security Council congratulated Vladimir Putin on the past birthday."
The meeting was attended by the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev, the speakers of both chambers of the parliament Valentina Matvienko and Sergey Naryshkin, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev and his deputy Rashid Nurgaliev, head of the Kremlin administration Sergey Ivanov, Ministers of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, internal affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Sergey Shoigu, head of the FSB, head of the FSB, head SVR Mikhail Fradkov and permanent member of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Boris Gryzlov.