Russian-Chechen Gerard Depardieu

The scandal began back in December 2012, when Depardieu acquired an old customs house in Belgium near the border with France and moved there.

France Prime Minister Jean-Mark Ero, who introduced a tough tax policy of the government, criticized the department and called his act a "miserable attempt." The department in response sent an open letter to the Prime Minister along with a passport and social card, published in the Sunday newspaper Journal du Dimanche. In addition, he declared himself a "citizen of the world, not France."

Later, during a press conference on December 20, 2012, Russian President Vladimir Putin said: "If Gerard really wants to have either a residence permit in Russia, or a Russian passport, we will assume that this issue has been resolved and has already been resolved positively."

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By his decree of January 3, 2013, the Russian president wrote out Russian citizenship to the French actor.

"In accordance with paragraph" A "of Article 89 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, satisfy the application for the admission of the Russian Federation Department of Gerard Ksavi, who was born in 1948 in France," the text quotes the "on admission to the citizenship of the Russian Federation" of the press service of the President of Russia.

As Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of Vladimir Putin, explained , the provision of citizenship is associated with the significant contribution of the actor to the development of Russian culture and cinema. He recalled that Depardieu "played in a number of very large film projects, including his work on the role of Rasputin."

In 2011, Vladimir Putin himself ruled the script of this feature film. Recently, Depardieu said that he intends to act in three film adaptations of the classics of Russian literature: “Brothers Karamazovs”, “Crime and Punishment” and “Captain's Daughter”.

The actor devoted a lot of time to filming in Russian advertising, for example, the kitchens of the Saratov factory "Maria" and Ketchup "Baltimore".

Read more about all the incredible adventures of Department in Russia in the material of Anna Aivazyan.

Russian bloggers ambiguously appreciated the new citizen and remembered him driving into a scooter into a drunk form and friendship with Vladimir Putin.

Gleb Cherkasov, journalist : "The assignment of Depardieu citizenship resembles the story of the second champion of the world of chess of Emmanuel Lasker to the USSR. He was forced to leave Germany in 1933, and already in 1935, after a large chess tournament in Moscow, he remained in the USSR. At the same time he worked at a mathematical institute, and did not rest on checkers. He left the USSR. The USA has not returned - there are not a certain coincidence with the case of Depardieu, but the threat of life is not comparable with tax persecutions, and the scale, for all my sympathy, is not quite the same.

Alexander Malyutin, journalist : "Here you can still recall the Bank" Sovetsky ", whose person Depardieu became literally just, October 1, 2012. The Bank is interesting-old (since 1990) and from St. Petersburg."

Sergei Kalvar, producer : "Buhoy drives behind the wheel, sells expensive wine, urinates in airplanes, has recently played in the comedies a la" Camedy Club ". Mordi Red. Well, why not a Russian? Velkom, Gerard."

Julia Sazonova, lawyer : "Depardieu gave citizenship? Are you laughing, or what? Did he pass the exam in the Russian language?

Gleb Pavlovsky, political scientist : "I hope, by his department, his own request? And then, Obama can be recruited like this: Ferry Bruttered, and you are a citizen of the Russian Federation!"

Elena Panfilova , Director of the Center for Anti -Corruption Research and Initiatives of Transpenser International -Russia : “Apparently, we do not know about some special merits of Depardieu (which, by the way, as an actor I really love) before our country, if several golden Olympic medals are considered“ insufficient merits. ”I am afraid to imagine that he made such a special secretly for us.”

Dmitry Rogozin, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation : "In the West, the features of our tax system are poorly known. When they find out, you should wait for the mass migration of wealthy Europeans to Russia."

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Vladimir Bartholomeev, journalist : "Is it true that at the same time the department wrote a statement asking him to accept him to United Russia?"

Evgeny Buntman, journalist : "Gerard Depardieu traveled drunk on a scooter and urinated in the passenger compartment. After that, the last obstacles to obtain Russian citizenship disappeared."

Elia Kabanov @metkere : "Now the Depardieu should star in the next sequel" weary of the sun "and join the All -Russian Popular Front."

Sergey Sokolov, deputy of the municipal assembly of the Konkovo ​​district : "By the way, now we need to prescribe Depardieu in Konkovo ​​and give him a letter of honor of the honorary resident."

Kristina Poddotchik @krispotupchik : "Depardieu will become a citizen of Russia. I expect complaints about" come up "and" take jobs. "

Ilya Yashin, politician : “Interesting, and if Gerard Depardieu after 5 years refuses to be Putin’s confidant in the elections, he will be taken away from Russian citizenship?”

Vladimir Ryzhkov, politician : "Russian Depardieu! Pelevin’s novels walk widely into our lives! Bolshoi!))"

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Eduard Limonov, politician : “Gerard, come with a new Russian passport in a pocket for Triumphal Square on January 31! Each 31st of 18 hours on this area of ​​this, Russian citizens traditionally require freedom of peaceful assembly, require the implementation of Article 31 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation.”

By the way, Ramzan Kadyrov’s proposal to move to Chechnya remains in force: “We confirm: if Depardieu wants to choose the Chechen Republic, this will be perceived with great pleasure, and the conditions for life and creativity will be created,” the press secretary of the head of Chechnya Alvi Karimov said on the air of the Echo Moscow radio station.

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