Dmitri
Medvedev took his old spot as Prime Minister of Russia while
Vladimir Putin settled in to his old digs at the Kremlin. Protests
in Moscow continue despite mass arrests. The Washington
Post
reports no regrets from the Kremlin to accusations of police
brutality:

“They were too soft,” [Putin Press Secretary Dmitri]
Peskov said, according to a tweet from Duma Deputy Ilya Ponomarev.
“Protesters who hurt riot police should have their livers smeared
on the asphalt.”

Police on Tuesday afternoon said they had detained more
than 300 people in the previous 24 hours. They kept snatching
protesters off the street, apparently trying to keep them off
balance, and often the only apparent offense was wearing a white
ribbon symbolizing protest. As Michael Idov, editor of Russian GQ,
tweeted: “Nothing like seeing people arrested for an
accessory.”

Not in our
backyard,
right?