Putin hosts Russian Security Council session addressing Ukraine situation
MOSCOW. March 6 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted a Russian Security Council conference addressing the situation in Ukraine, taking into account the Crimean Supreme Council's Thursday decision on preparing Crimea's accession to Russia, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told Interfax.
Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Federation Council Chair Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Chairman Sergei Naryshkin, presidential chief of staff Sergei Ivanov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov, Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) chief Mikhail Fradkov, and Security Council permanent member Boris Gryzlov.
