OREANDA-NEWS.   Vladimir Putin held a briefing session with permanent members of the Security Council.

The meeting focussed on the situation in Ukraine, specifically in the light of the resolution passed today by the Supreme Council of Crimea.

Taking part in the meeting were Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov, Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, Minister of the Interior Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Director of the Federal Security Service Alexander Bortnikov, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Mikhail Fradkov and permanent Security Council member Boris Gryzlov.