Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday for talks with DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, his second visit to the North Korean capital this month. 

The visit once again came “on the instructions” of Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Russian state-owned news agencies.

TASS released a video of Shoigu descending from an Il-96, likely the one with tail number RA-96014 that arrived in Pyongyang earlier on Tuesday along with a Tu-204 (RA-64058). 

The secretary of Russia’s Security Council was greeted by a North Korean official in military uniform who appeared to be Pak Jong Chon,