Short answers, pulled from the story.
The Supreme Soviet of Russia proclaimed the 12th of June as a national holiday in 1992. A presidential decree issued on the 2nd of June 1994 reaffirmed the date as Russia's national holiday.
Another presidential decree officially named the day Russia Day on the 16th of June 1998. The new Labour Code gave its final official seal to this title in 2002.
A survey conducted by Levada Center in May 2003 revealed that 65 percent of respondents called the holiday Independence Day of Russia. Official documents have never used that name for the observance despite citizens associating the date with freedom from Soviet rule.
About 5000 representatives gathered for pageantry moving from Tverskaya Zastava to Manezh Square in 2002. A historical military parade held on Red Square on the 12th of June 2004 included soldiers dressed in national costumes.
The dissolution of the Soviet Union coincided with severe unemployment and high crime rates within Russia. These economic hardships brought bitter memories back to some citizens every year while poverty affected other former Soviet republics alongside the Russian Federation during that period.