Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday went down into Moscow’s Okhotny Ryad metro station to have a look at the state-of-the-art security systems.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday went down into Moscow’s Okhotny Ryad metro station to have a look at the state-of-the-art security systems.
The station continued its work during the visit of the high-profile guest, with passengers coming and going even as Medvedev took the escalator down to the platform.
The head of country’s Emergencies Ministry, Sergei Shoigu (right), said Russia was close to implementing a complex transport security system. The president signed a decree on establishing this system in March 2010, after the twin suicide bombings on the Moscow metro.
The president himself pushed the Emergency Call button and heard the controller’s empathic voice.
Along with Shoigu, Medvedev was also accompanied by FSB head Alexander Bortnikov (left) and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin (right), as well as Transportation Minister Igor Levitin and Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev.
After inspecting metro security equipment, Medvedev returned to the street.
He held talks on the burning issues of transport security in a special Emergencies Ministry mobile command center, a converted double-decker bus
Transport security has been put on the agenda after Monday’s deadly terrorist attack on Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, which killed 35 and injured more than 100 people.
Okhotny Ryad metro station is currently testing up-to-date security systems. At the first stage of the pilot project, 50 stations are planned to be equipped with such gadgets. Photo, from left: President Dmitry Medvedev, Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Emergencies Minister Sergei Shoigu in the metro.
