In an ‘unprecedented‘, ‘immediate‘ response to a poll that suggested Russians value political over technical modernization, President Dmitry Medvedev insists that his modernization drive cannot go forward without taking measures against corruption, state involvement in the economy, and fair competition.  A Moscow suburb newspaper that focuses on the ‘shortcomings of local government‘, including corruption and drug trafficking, will not be shut down, after a case against it was thrown out – but the mystery of the editor’s beating by plainclothes police officers in 2009 remains unsolved.  The New York Times has a special piece on Alexei Dymovsky, the ‘YouTube cop’, whose video has now reached over two million views and who is ‘still apparently considered a danger‘ by the authorities.