Moscow, Feb. 25 -- President Vladimir Putin addressed the annual board meeting of the Federal Security Service (FSB) in Moscow.

Setting out priorities for counterterrorism, border protection and national security amid heightened geopolitical tensions. The meeting was attended by FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov and senior members of the security establishment.

Speaking against what he described as an increasingly volatile global backdrop, Putin said: "Today's complex international environment, the sharp escalation of conflicts in a number of regions around the world, and the conduct of the special military operation require Federal Security Service personnel to demonstrate the utmost vigilance, discipline and concentration."

He called ...