Putin Grants French Actor Gerard Depardieu Russian Citizenship
By Stephen Bierman -
2013-01-03T09:19:06Z
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Putin Invites Tax-Ducking Actor Depardieu to Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order granting French actor Gerard Depardieu Russian citizenship, according to a statement posted on the Kremlin website today.
Depardieu is moving to Belgium to flee taxes imposed on the wealthy by Socialist President Francois Hollande. A spokeswoman for the actor declined to comment.
To contact the reporter on this story: Stephen Bierman in Moscow at sbierman1@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Will Kennedy at wkennedy3@bloomberg.net
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