Pyongyang, December 25 (KCNA) -- Russian personages from different circles paid condolatory visits to the DPRK missions in their country between Dec. 20 and 22 on the demise of leader Kim Jong Il.

Among them were those of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Extraordinary Situation, Presidential Envoy Office of the Far East Region, Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Khabarovsk, Khabarovsk Territorial Government, administrations of Nakhodka, Artyom, Partizansk and Vladivostok cities, "United Russia" Party, Communist Party of the Russian Federation, "A Just Russia", Russian Association for Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK, Russian Public Circles Committee for Liaison with the DPRK, Far Eastern Association for the Study of the Juche Idea and the Songun Policy, Maritime Territorial Association for the Study of the Juche Idea and the Songun Policy, Russia-Korea Friendship Association of Khabarovsk Territory, Friendship Association with Foreign Countries of Khabarovsk Territory, State Academy Beryozka Dancing Troupe Named after N.S. Nadezhdina, State Academic Igor Moiseyev Dance Company, State Ac

ademic People's Chorus Named after M.E. Pyatnichki, Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory, Far-Eastern State University for Communications, Orthodox Church, Gazprom, the ITAR-TASS, the Voice of Russia and the newspaper Patriot.

They laid wreaths, floral baskets and bouquets before the portrait of Kim Jong Il and paid a silent tribute to him.

They made entries in the condolence book.