A floral basket was sent to him in the joint name of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation and the Communist Parties-the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Floral baskets also came from the Central Committee of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, the Orchestra of the 21st Century of Russia, Sylvere Boswa Isekombe, general secretary of the Communist Party of DR Congo, V.M. Smirnov, chairman of the National Salvation Front of Russia, Andre Lohekele Kalonda, secretary general of the African Regional Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea, and Mienze Kiaku, chairperson of the Marine Transport Council of DR Congo.