Meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council

Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin Mishustin MikhailPrime Minister of the Russian 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 , Defence Minister Andrei Belousov Belousov AndreiDefence Minister of the Russian Federation , 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 , Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin Naryshkin SergeiDirector of the Foreign Intelligence 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: Colleagues, good afternoon.

Our discussion today will focus on a critical issue: combating crimes that involve information and communication technologies.

The speaker is Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev.

Mr Kolokoltsev, you have the floor. Let's get started.

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