TODAY: IT revolution and pollution on the government’s agenda; Maria Sergeyeva: polarizing the blogosphere; Rogozin baits NATO; US-Russia space collision creates debris; schoolteacher may be fired for protesting.

President Dmitry Medvedev has ‘scolded’ the government for being slow to introduce electronic filing and storage procedures aimed at reducing the consumption of paper, and Moscow’s Mayor Yury Luzhkov has turned his attention to automobile emissions and forest conservation.  A new report from the Eurasian Development Bank reveals that 44% of Russians live in areas with serious air pollution.  Maria Sergeyeva, ‘the new face of the country’s patriotic youth and a polarizing figure in the Russian-language blogosphere,’ bases many of her criticisms of the opposition on their physical appearances, wants immigrants to ‘go home’ and knows ‘for certain’ that President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will ‘protect’ her from the financial crisis.  Yulia Latynina reportedly accused her of being ‘paid by United Russia’.  On Russia’s recent history of toadyism.