Meeting with permanent members of the Security Council

The meeting was attended by Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko Matviyenko ValentinaChairwoman of the Council of Federation , State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin Volodin VyacheslavChairman of the State Duma , Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev Medvedev DmitryDeputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation , Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Anton Vaino Vaino AntonChief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office , Presidential Aide Nikolai Patrushev Patrushev NikolaiAide to the President , Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev Kolokoltsev VladimirInterior Minister of the Russian Federation , Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov Bortnikov AlexanderDirector of the Federal Security Service , and Special Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport Sergei Ivanov Ivanov SergeiSpecial Presidential Representative for Environmental Protection, Ecology and Transport .

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President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues,

One of the key areas of law enforcement activity is the fight against drug trafficking. We have adopted and are implementing a national strategy to counter the drug threat and it will be in effect until 2030.

Today, let us review the progress of this work and discuss what additional steps may be necessary, based on an assessment of current developments in this area and the measures already taken under the strategy.

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