On Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Razai, in the Kremlin in the capital Moscow. The Russian presidency published a short video clip of the meeting, which was attended by Admiral Igor Kostyukov, a participant in the talks to resolve the Ukrainian crisis, and Putin's aide Yuri Ushkov. Iran appointed Razai as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council last August.