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Congratulations from Russia
Pyongyang, April 12 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il received a congratulatory message and a gift from the State Academy Beryozka Dancing Troupe of Russia Named after N. S. Nadezhdina on the occasion of the 17th anniversary of his election as chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission.

They were handed to the DPRK ambassador to Russia by Mira Koltsova, head of the troupe, on April 6.

Meanwhile, Kim Jong Il was presented with a gift by the director of the Nakhodka City Greening Office of Russia.

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