Moscow, April 11 (DPRK ISG Information Bureau - RSTV)   

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On April 6, the Leningrad District Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation held a joint event with the International Solidarity Group with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK ISG), dedicated to the Day of the Sun - the 113th anniversary of the birth of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung.

It was attended by senior officials of regional and primary organizations within the DPRK ISG, including comrades Viktor Petrov (Chairman of the Russian Society of Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK), Daria Kadkina (Chairman of the Society for the Study of the Juche Idea in the Altai Republic), Georgy Dmitriev (Head of the Russian-Korean Friendship Club at the Sergiev Posad Social and Economic College), Anna Zorich (Secretary of the Friendship Club with the DPRK at the University of World Civilizations) and Viktor Tikhonov (Secretary of the Friendship Club with the DPRK at the Voronezh State University). Also present were many activists of the Russian Executive Committee from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sergiev Posad, Voronezh, Gorno-Altaisk, Donetsk and other cities, members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, the Young Communist League of the Russian Federation and the JoJacks movement. 

Alexander Mostov, Chairman of the Coordination Committee of the DPRK ISG, presented a report in which he highlighted the ideas of Juche as a local form of development of Marxism-Leninism, based on the theory of passionarity. According to the speaker, this theory allows workers to gain confidence in their abilities and overcome unfavorable conditions of their existence.

Viktor Petrov, Chairman of the Russian Society of Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK, approved the text of the Declaration on the Continuity of the International Solidarity Movement with the DPRK. In accordance with the document, the DPRK ISG and the Russian Society of Friendship and Cultural Cooperation with the DPRK will soon announce the restoration of continuity from the Soviet Society of Friendship with the DPRK and the beginning of their history from July 16, 1958. In addition, agreements were reached on joint participation in the creation and functioning of the party club of friendship with the DPRK.

Vitaly Lebedev, Advisor to the Coordination Committee of the DPRK ISG, delivered a speech in which he emphasized the importance of the Songun idea as an integral part of the Juche idea. He also noted the successes of the application of military management in the DPRK during the crisis period of the 1990s and the achievements of the country's military-industrial complex in both technical and managerial aspects. Comrade Lebedev emphasized that domestic management experience can be enriched by studying Korean practice. In addition, he raised the issue of integrating veterans of the special military operation into civilian life by appointing them to various positions, including within the framework of party activities.

Darya Kadkina, Regional Secretary of the DPRK ISG, presented a sketch of a gift for the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, President of the State Affairs of the DPRK. A congratulatory telegram was also received in his address.

The meeting was held in the format of a discussion, during which various aspects of the positive experience of party and state building in the DPRK were considered, including cultural policy aimed at rational interaction between traditionalists and supporters of progressive approaches. Participants discussed the possibility of consolidation with citizens who share the socialist economic system, but have different views on cultural policy.