Tax exile Depardieu embraces Russia passport
January 06, 2013  20:49
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Al Jazeera: Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who says he is quitting his homeland to avoid higher taxes for the rich, has received a Russian passport and met with President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin has said.  

 

Depardieu met Putin, who earlier granted him citizenship, at the Russian leader's residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Saturday, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the AFP news agency.  

 

But Putin did not personally deliver the document to the actor during what was "a short meeting", Peskov said.   Depardieu "was handed his passport", Peskov said without providing detail.  

 

Image: Russian President Vladimir Putin greets French actor Gerard Depardieu during their meeting in Sochi on Saturday   Photograph: Reuters

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