Inauguration Ceremony of Russian President Takes Place in Moscow

Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- An inauguration ceremony of the Russian president took place in Kremlin, Moscow on May 7.

The guard of honor with the flag of the Russian Federation, the presidential flag, the written Constitution of the Russian Federation and the Russian presidential badge entered St. Andrew Hall of the grand Kremlin palace.

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was sworn in according to Article 82 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation in the presence of members of the Federation Council, deputies to the State Duma and judges of the Constitutional Court.

The president of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation declared that Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin was inaugurated as president of the Russian Federation.

Putin made a speech at the inauguration ceremony.

Diplomatic envoys of different countries in Moscow were present at the inauguration ceremony.

That day Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a personal letter to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin on the occasion of the presidential inauguration ceremony.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un warmly congratulated Putin once again on his inauguration as the president of the Russian Federation and wished him great successes in his responsible work for Russia and its people.

His personal letter was conveyed through the Russian embassy in Pyongyang. -0-

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