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A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours

RUSSIA

* The Netherlands apologized to Russia for the arrest by police of one of its diplomats in The Hague over the weekend

* Russia’s food standards agency said it is tightening checks on dairy imports from the Netherlands, a decision made against the backdrop of increasingly strained relations between the two nations

* Russian investigators said that drugs have been found on board a Greenpeace ship seized last month, raising the threat of new charges against a group of activists and journalists awaiting trial on suspicion of piracy

* Russian officials next week will inspect production facilities of Ukrainian candy maker Roshen, about two months after Russia banned imports from the company, Russia’s sanitary watchdog said

* The Russian government is set to radically centralize its space industry in a bid to combat major inefficiencies and cut down on the misuse of funds under plans unveiled by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin

* A senior official in the ruling United Russia party hit the headlines after the nation’s top airline kicked his aide off a plane for causing an alcohol-fueled scene

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* The elimination of the Syrian government’s chemical arsenal by mid-2014 is realistic if all involved parties cooperate, including with ceasefires, the head of an international watchdog in charge of the task said

* Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's supporters claimed victory in an election that was all but expected to overwhelmingly cement his grip on power in the oil-rich former Soviet nation

* Kyrgyz police briefly detained a group of opposition leaders preparing to rally in the capital amid parliamentary debates about a controversial Canadian-run goldmine

* Kazakhstan plans to switch to a fully professional army by 2016, the country’s defense ministry said

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