Pyongyang, April 9 (KCNA) -- Russian artistes are expressing their boundless reverence for the peerlessly great men through their performances at the 34th April Spring Friendship Art Festival.

Artistes of the Academy Ensemble of the National Guard of the Russian Federation showed well through immortal revolutionary songs that the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung and the great leader Comrade Kim Jong Il are always alive in the hearts of the world progressives and the great exploits they performed before the times and history are shining forever.

Through their performances, artistes of the Russian State Academic People's Chorus Named after M.E. Pyatnichki and the Russian Army Academic Song and Dance Ensemble Named after Alexandrov expressed the reverence for the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who opened a new chapter of the development of the DPRK-Russia friendly relations.

Those in the State Dance Ensemble Ural of Russia, the Russian State Academy Unaccompanied Chorus Named after A.A. Yurulov, the Moscow City Symphony Russian Philharmonic and the Circus of the State Acrobatic Company of Russia made sincere efforts to celebrate the April spring holiday with splendor. They fully displayed their artistic talents through dances, orchestral music, physical acrobatics and other numbers.

Those in the Sankt-Peterburg State Academic Catella Choir and Symphony Orchestra of Russia and the State Academic Folk Dance Company of the Republic of Bashkortostan of Russia Named after Fayzi Gaskarov demonstrated their will to further consolidate the ties of friendship between the peoples of the two countries through their beautiful dances and songs. -0-