Russians Celebrate ‘Russia Day’ Holiday

People in Russia are celebrating one of the country's youngest national holidays this Sunday, with concerts, fireworks and family events.

'Russia Day' on 12th June was originally declared in 1992, to celebrate the new post-Soviet constitution and its laws, and was also the day Boris Yeltsin was elected president in 1991.

But as Lorna Shaddick explains, not everyone's aware of what the festivities are all about.

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