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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • In dozens of cities across Russia, thousands of people took to the streets to protest corruption and political stagnation in the country’s biggest antigovernment demonstrations in years. There were reports of hundreds of detentions and a Moscow court sentenced the dissident Aleksei Navalny, the main architect of the protests, to 30 days in jail. _____ • In France, some analysts are wondering if the victory of President Emmanuel Macron’s party in the first round of parliamentary elections could come back to haunt him. His projected majority in Parliament, elected by a record-low turnout, would let him skip the step of assembling a broad-based coalition for his economic overhaul. That could leave his opponents feeling disenfranchised. “There will be rather weak political opposition within the Parliament, but we are going to face it on the street, on the social networks, outside of institutions,” one historian said. _____ • Theresa May, Britain’s prime minister, got a generally positive reception at a meeting of Conservative lawmakers, where she took the blame for the party’s setback at the polls last week. But signs that the Queen’s Speech next week, which lays out the government’s legislative agenda, might be delayed suggest that her position is not secure. Mrs. May heads to Paris today to meet with Mr. Macron, just days before negotiations on Britain’s departur... Link to the full article to read more