OREANDA-NEWS. March 31, 2010.  The terrorist attacks in Moscow and Kizlyar (Daghestan) are links in the same chain, instances of the same terrorist activity that has recently reared its head once more in the Caucasus, the President said, stressing that Russia will continue to fight this scourge.

Mr Medvedev gave the instruction to pay more attention to transport safety (signing an executive order to this effect) and to overall counterterrorism protection of transport infrastructure and public places.

Judicial practice with regard to terrorism charges was also discussed at the meeting.

Examined separately on the agenda were measures to improve the situation in the North Caucasus republics in general.

Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, State Duma Speaker Boris Gryzlov, Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Naryshkin, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Deputy Prime Minister and Government Chief of Staff Sergei Sobyanin, Deputy Prime Minister and Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District Alexander Khloponin, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, Transport Minister Igor Levitin, Civil Defence, Emergencies and Disaster Relief Minister Sergei Shoigu, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov, and Chairman of the Prosecutor General’s Office Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin.