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| Dutch sorry on Russia diplomat case | Dutch sorry on Russia diplomat case |
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| Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans has apologised to Moscow for the arrest and detention of a Russian diplomat. | Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans has apologised to Moscow for the arrest and detention of a Russian diplomat. |
| The incident prompted a diplomatic row, with Russia saying Dmitri Borodin had been beaten and held for several hours. | The incident prompted a diplomatic row, with Russia saying Dmitri Borodin had been beaten and held for several hours. |
| Neighbours had called police over concerns children were being maltreated in his flat, claims Mr Borodin denied. | Neighbours had called police over concerns children were being maltreated in his flat, claims Mr Borodin denied. |
| After an investigation, Mr Timmermans apologised to the Russian ambassador to The Hague, saying the police had breached rules on diplomatic immunity. | |
| "The state of the Netherlands offers the Russian Federation its apologies," he said in a statement. | "The state of the Netherlands offers the Russian Federation its apologies," he said in a statement. |
| Mr Timmermans added that he "personally understands" the actions of the police officers. | |
| Prior to the apology, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident a "most gross breach" of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. | Prior to the apology, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the incident a "most gross breach" of the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. |
| "We are waiting for explanations and apologies and also for those guilty to be punished," he told reporters on Tuesday. "We will react depending on how the Dutch side behaves." | "We are waiting for explanations and apologies and also for those guilty to be punished," he told reporters on Tuesday. "We will react depending on how the Dutch side behaves." |
| Mr Borodin works as a minister counsellor at the Russian embassy in The Hague. | |
| Russia's foreign ministry said his flat had been stormed by "armed people in camouflage uniform" and Mr Borodin beaten in front of his son, aged two, and his four-year-old daughter. | |
| Ties between Russian and the Netherlands were already strained by the detention of Greenpeace activists in Russia last month. | Ties between Russian and the Netherlands were already strained by the detention of Greenpeace activists in Russia last month. |
| The Netherlands launched legal action last week to free the activists, who were charged with piracy after a protest on an Arctic oil rig owned by state-controlled firm Gazprom. | The Netherlands launched legal action last week to free the activists, who were charged with piracy after a protest on an Arctic oil rig owned by state-controlled firm Gazprom. |
| The 30 people, two of them Dutch citizens, were arrested aboard the Dutch-flagged Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. | The 30 people, two of them Dutch citizens, were arrested aboard the Dutch-flagged Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise. |