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French Icon Gerard Depardieu Receives Russian Passport, Visits Mordovia

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French Icon Gerard Depardieu Receives Russian Passport, Visits Mordovia

10:07 GMT 07.01.2013

Gerard Depardieu has recently renounced his French citizenship after the Socialist government proposed a top income-tax rate of 75 percent on high-wealth residents. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree granting Depardieu Russian citizenship on January 3

© RIA Novosti . Yulia Chestnova / Go to the mediabankDepardieu met with Putin to pick up his passport in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi on Saturday, and next day flew to the city of Saransk in Mordovia, known for its Stalin-era Gulag labor camps.
Photo: Gerard Depardieu shows his Russian passport at a Saransk airport

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Depardieu met with Putin to pick up his passport in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi on Saturday, and next day flew to the city of Saransk in Mordovia, known for its Stalin-era Gulag labor camps.
Photo: Gerard Depardieu shows his Russian passport at a Saransk airport

© RIA Novosti . Yulia Chestnova / Go to the mediabankMordovia regional governor Vladimir Volkov (right) took Depardieu for a tour around Saransk, and said that the actor can fill the vacant seat of regional minister for culture

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Mordovia regional governor Vladimir Volkov (right) took Depardieu for a tour around Saransk, and said that the actor can fill the vacant seat of regional minister for culture

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Depardieu thanked Volkov for the ministerial job offer. He said that he will make a decision after learning the republic’s culture and traditions

© RIA Novosti . Yulia Chestnova / Go to the mediabankMordovia’s authorities offered Depardieu choose an apartment or a house and settle there. Following a local housewarming tradition, Depardieu was presented with two kittens

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Mordovia’s authorities offered Depardieu choose an apartment or a house and settle there. Following a local housewarming tradition, Depardieu was presented with two kittens

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Depardieu has already said Moscow is a too big metropolis for him and he would like to live in a village

© RIA Novosti . Yulia Chestnova / Go to the mediabankHaving received Russian passport, Depardieu said that he loves Russia and promised to learn Russian language.
Photo: Gerard Depardieu (right) and head of the Mordovia republic Vladimir Volkov on the stage of a Saransk theater

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Having received Russian passport, Depardieu said that he loves Russia and promised to learn Russian language.
Photo: Gerard Depardieu (right) and head of the Mordovia republic Vladimir Volkov on the stage of a Saransk theater