President Serdar Berdimuhamedov, on behalf of the people and Government of Turkmenistan, as well as on his own behalf, congratulated the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and the people of the country on Russia's Day celebrated today.

In his congratulatory message the head of state noted that traditionally friendly relations between Turkmenistan and the Russian Federation are сcharacterized with the high level and subsequent dynamics of development and represent a true example of mutual respect and trust.

“The Turkmen – Russian intergovernmental ties have passed the test of time, and currently the bilateral strategic partnership between us is steadily growing stronger for the prosperity of our countries. We are ready to carry on making every effort to develop our relations in an ascending line,” Serdar Berdimuhamedov underlined.

At the end of the message, the President of Turkmenistan expressed his heartfelt wishes of good health, happiness and success to the leader of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, and prosperity and progress to the friendly people of the Russian Federation, the information program “Vatan” of Turkmen television reported.

Russia’s Day is one of the main state holidays in the Russian Federation which is celebrated every year from 1992 on the day of adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of the Russian Federation on June 12, 1990.

Moreover, on June 12, but 1991, Russia had its first President, Boris Yeltsin. He was elected during the first open national elections in the country's history. It was Boris Yeltsin who, by his Decree in 1994, gave the date of June 12 state significance.

Initially, the holiday was called the Day of the adoption of the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Russia. Later, for simplicity Russian started to name it the Independence Day. It was only in 1998 that the holiday began to be called as it is today. Boris Yeltsin in his televised address proposed to rename it the Day of Russia. However, officially this name was assigned to the holiday with the adoption of the new Labor Code on February 1, 2002.