TODAY: Dutch royal family visit with Putin after Foreign Ministry slams the Netherlands; Putin offers condolences after Philippines storm; nationalist extradited from Serbia over murder gang; nationalism on the rise; performance artist makes graphic piece in Red Square; Olympic torch space walk; Miss Universe.

Amid soured relations over the Greenpeace detentions and a clash of opinion over gay rights, the Dutch king and queen arrived in Moscow for a state visit over the weekend.  Just hours before, the Foreign Ministry had blamed the Netherlands for failing to prevent the Greenpeace protest that led to 30 detentions in September, citing the state’s ‘inaction’.  But ‘it’s in both countries’ interests to keep things rosy,’ says the BBC.  Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans agrees.  Timmermans appeared to backtrack on earlier comments about gay rights and asylum, saying that gay people are not being prosecuted in Russia, and thus would have no grounds to ask the Netherlands for asylum.  Two activists from the National Bolshevik party were arrested for throwing tomatoes at the Dutch royal family as they traveled through Moscow.  President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to the Philippine President Benigno Aquino following the typhoon Haiyan, which has killed at least 10,000 people; Russia will send a team of 200 rescuers to the Philippines if a formal request is made.