18:50 12/06/2007

MOSCOW, June 12 (RIA Novosti) - The presidents of China, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Transdnestr and Azerbaijan and the prime ministers of Ukraine and Armenia congratulated Russians Tuesday on the country's state holiday.

June 12 was declared Russian Independence Day in 1991, following the breakup of the Soviet Union. The holiday was later renamed Russia Day.

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