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Mon Dieu, my compatriot - Depardieu...

If a year ago they told me that I would become Monsieur Gerard's compatriot in '13, I would have decided that I would be forcibly deported to France...

And now a new word has been coined - “deparde”...

Gerard Depardieu.

Address to Russian journalists:

“Yes, I made a request for a passport and I am glad that my request was accepted.

I adore your country, Russia, your people, your history, your writers.

I like making films here, in which I work with actors such as Vladimir Mashkov.

I adore your culture, your way of thinking.

My father was a communist at one time and listened to Radio Moscow! This is also part of my culture.

It's good to live in Russia. Not necessarily in Moscow, which is too large a metropolis for me.

I prefer the countryside; I know wonderful places in Russia.

For example, there is one place that I really love. Where the Gosfilmofond is located, under the management of my friend Nikolai Borodachev. There, near the birch forest, I feel great.

I will learn Russian.

I have already spoken about this with our President, Francois Hollande. I already told him all this.

He knows that I love your President Vladimir Putin very much, and this is mutual.

And I told him that Russia is a country of great democracy, this is not a country where the prime minister could call a citizen of his own country a pathetic person.

I feel good about the press, but at the same time it makes me sad because it usually only presents one idea.

Out of respect for your President and your great country, I will add no more.

Except for one thing, regarding Russia, this is an excerpt from prose that came to my mind....

Only in such a big country we are never alone,

Because every tree, every landscape brings us hope.

There is no pettiness in Russia, it is full of great feelings.

And behind these feelings there is hidden great chastity. In your greatness I never feel alone

Glory to Russia!

Thank you!"

Sil vu ple, mon cher, sil vu ple... It's a pity, isn't it?