#Russia: riot police take 1600+ into custody during protests of #Putin's 4th term. "He is not our Czar" was heard from the crowd. The cops pounced on protest leader Alexei #Navalny immediately upon his appearance (I am not entirely pleased with the elevation of the nationalist Navalny as a protest icon in the Western press.) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/thousands-of-russians-rally-against-putin-ahead-of-inauguration/2018/05/05/3007a9a2-503d-11e8-b725-92c89fe3ca4c_story.html?utm_term=.88083f6d7a06