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* ... that Russia funded the building of the '''[[Russian Memorial Church of Saint Alexius (Leipzig)|Russian Memorial Church in Leipzig]]''' as a monument to the 22,000 Russians who died in the 1813 [[Battle of Leipzig]] against Napoleon?
* ... that the Russian government has been blamed for helping to escalate the Wars in the Caucasus by pursuing a policy of neocolonialism?
* ... that the Russian government has been blamed for helping to escalate the '''[[Wars in the Caucasus]]''' by pursuing a policy of [[neocolonialism]]?
* ... that '''[[Andrei Demurenko]]''', the first Russian officer to be a graduate of the [[United States Army Command and General Staff College|U.S. Army Command and General Staff College]], served alongside the [[Wagner Group]] in Ukraine?
* ... that LGBTQ activist Alexey Davydov became the first person to be charged with violating Russia's 2013 anti-gay law after he displayed a sign that read "being gay is normal" at a children's library?
* ... that LGBTQ activist '''[[Alexey Davydov]]''' became the first person to be charged with violating [[Russian anti-LGBT law|Russia's 2013 anti-gay law]] after he displayed a sign that read "being gay is normal" at a children's library?
* ... that to raise funds for the Council of District Dumas, its chairman led an armed squad to storm the Moscow headquarters of the State Bank?
* ... that to raise funds for the '''[[Council of District Dumas]]''', its chairman led an armed squad to storm the Moscow headquarters of the [[State Bank of the Russian Empire|State Bank]]?
:[[Russian Ground Forces|Russian troops]] backed by [[close air support]] enter the town of [[Sudzha]] in [[Kursk Oblast]], ending seven months of [[Ukrainian occupation of Kursk Oblast|Ukrainian occupation]]. [https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/russia-reportedly-enters-ukraine-held-sudzha-in-kursk-oblast-kyiv-hasn-t-confirmed/ar-AA1ALhDd (MSN)] [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-verge-losing-kursk-pocket-its-foothold-inside-russia-2025-03-12/ (Reuters)]
:[[Chief of the General Staff (Russia)|Chief of the Russian General Staff]] [[Valery Gerasimov]] says that remaining Ukrainian forces in Kursk Oblast are completely surrounded. [https://en.protothema.gr/2025/03/12/putin-visits-kursk-in-camouflage-uniform-a-day-after-u-s-kyiv-ceasefire-deal-ukrainian-forces-encircled/ (''Proto Thema'')]
:[[Ukraine]] launches a massive [[drone warfare|drone attack]] on [[Moscow]], the largest inside [[Russia]] since the start of the war. At least three people are killed and 18 others are injured. Multiple fires are reported throughout the city and flights from [[Sheremetyevo International Airport]] are suspended. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c51ypekv9xwt (BBC News)] [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-launches-drone-attacks-targeting-moscow-russia-says-2025-03-11/ (Reuters)]
Russia claims its air defences have shot down at least 337 Ukrainian drones overnight across 10 oblasts. (The Journal)
:Russia claims its air defences have shot down at least 337 [[Armed Forces of Ukraine|Ukrainian]] drones overnight across 10 [[Oblasts of Russia|oblasts]]. [https://www.thejournal.ie/moscow-drone-attack-us-ukraine-talks-saudi-arabia-6645484-Mar2025/ (''The Journal'')]
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