TODAY: Medvedev puts emphasis on technology’s role in halting corruption; 50,000 pieces missing from Russian museums; former Senator convicted of fraud; Russia and Georgia begin military exercises. Dmitry Medvedev has emphasized the government’s need for modern communications technology, and said that, if the government carried out more of its work online, it would make corruption more difficult to conceal. A government audit ordered by Vladimir Putin has revealed that up to 50,000 pieces worth “several million dollars” are missing from Russia’s museums. Russia’s Zimbabwe veto “recalls the bad old days,” says The Economist. Moscow City Court has convicted former Kalmykia Senator Levon Chakhmakhchyan of fraud and sentenced him to nine years in prison, amid promises from his lawyers to appeal and criticism that the trial was not made public.