French Actor Gerard Depardieu

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French actor Gerard Depardieu shows his new Russian passport at Mordovia airport in Saransk, Russia about 600 kilometers east of Moscow on Sunday. capital of Saransk, about 600 kilometers east of Moscow. Depardieu was offered the chance to settle in the city and choose an apartment or house to live in a region known during Stalin’s reign for its network of prison camps.