Leaving with him were Ruslan Tatarinov, director of the Secretariat of the Federation Council, Andrei Baklanov, director of the Bureau for International Relations of the Federation Council, Konstantin Pulikovski, advisor to the chairman of the Federation Council, and other suite members.

During their stay in the DPRK the chairman and his party visited Mangyongdae.

They also visited the Russian Language Center at Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies and the Jongbaek Church.