26 December 2014. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu seen here in the Kremlin prior to the President's meeting with permanent members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

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26 December 2014. Nikolai Patrushev (left), Chairperson of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, and State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin are seen here in the Kremlin prior to the President's meeting with permanent members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

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26 December 2014. From left: Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergey Ivanov, Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Director of the External Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov are seen here in the Kremlin prior to the President's meeting with permanent members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

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26 December 2014. Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov (right) and Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Federal Security Service, are seen here in the Kremlin prior to the President's meeting with permanent members of the Security Council of the Russian Federation.

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December 26, 2014. From right: President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a meeting of the Russian Security Council permanent members in the Kremlin.

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December 26, 2014. President Vladimir Putin (center) chairs a meeting of the Russian Security Council in the Kremlin. The fifth on the left is Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

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December 26, 2014. President Vladimir Putin (center) chairs a meeting of the Russian Security Council in the Kremlin.

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