Gerard Depardieu registered as Russian resident - BBC News BBC News Gerard Depardieu registered as Russian resident 23 February 2013 Close share panel Image caption Mr Depardieu has said he loves Russian culture French actor Gerard Depardieu has been formally registered as a permanent resident of the central Russian town of Saransk. The actor sought Russian citizenship after the French government criticised his decision to move abroad to avoid higher taxes. Mr Depardieu is now registered as living at No 1, Democracy Street in Saransk, in the region of Mordovia. After the ceremony, the actor beamed and proclaimed a few words in Russian. "Glory! Glory to Saransk, glory to Mordovia, glory to Russia!" he said. He was quoted as telling Russian television that his registered new address, on Demokraticheskaya [Democratic] Street, was quite "symbolic". Passport by decree On Friday, after visiting Moscow's famed Bolshoi Theatre and the Illuzion cinema, Mr Depardieu said he was very familiar with Russian culture. "I love it very much. I also know your composers.

I can say that I was born with Russian culture." Mr Depardieu was granted Russian citizenship by a decree signed by Mr Putin on 3 January. The central Russian region of Mordovia Mr Depardieu will call home is known for its Stalin-era prison camps. The French star's highly publicised tax row began last year after President Francois Hollande said he would raise taxes to 75% for those earning more than 1m euros (£870,000). The actor accused the socialist government of punishing "success, creation and talent", and announced in early December that he would move to Belgium. French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault branded his decision to move abroad as "shabby and unpatriotic". The actor, described by Mr Putin as a friend, has developed close ties with Russia, which has a flat 13% personal income tax rate. He currently appears in an advertisement for Sovietsky Bank's credit card and is prominently featured on the bank's home page. In 2011, he played the lead role in the film Rasputin, a Franco-Russian production about the life of eccentric monk Grigory Rasputin.

TASS: Russia - Depardieu registers as taxpayer in Russian Saransk Depardieu registers as taxpayer in Russian Saransk May 20, 2013, 12:11 UTC+3 Depardieu is registered as resident of Saransk in the apartment of relatives of his friend Share 1 pages in this article SARANSK, May 20 (Itar-Tass) - French movie star Gerard Depardieu, who registered as resident of Saransk after receiving Russian citizenship early this year, has once again arrived in the Republic of Mordovia on the way from another city he likes - Chechnya’s capital Grozny, the republican government reports. The aim of this visit is purely business one - the actor plans to register in Saransk for taxation as individual entrepreneur. It is in Saransk that the actor, who quit his homeland to avoid a tax hike on the rich, will pay his Russian business activity taxes. Depardieu’s first business projects in Saransk are already known. He will set up a Gerard Depardieu cultural centre that will be implementing all cultural and business projects of the movie star - in the sphere of cinematography, theatre and festivals.

He will possibly open a restaurant or a small caf· that he promised to open during the previous trip to Mordovia, when local authorities took him to leading agricultural enterprises and the cheese dairy Sarmich, which produces quite good cheese on French equipment. Depardieu, who already has an experience of working in food industry, was touched and promised to open a restaurant “for common people” as he put it, with affordable prices. Depardieu is registered as resident of Saransk in the apartment of relatives of his friend - director of the state film archive Gosfilmofond Nikolai Borodachev, - who agreed to help the actor settle all necessary legal formalities envisaged in Russia. {{item.group_date}} GERARD DEPARDIEU | Kapara Pictures By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Published: May 21, 2013 MOSCOW — Gérard Depardieu may have renounced his French nationality as a protest against high taxes and became a citizen of Russia instead, but on Tuesday he said he would play a Frenchman in a movie to be filmed in Moscow and in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Mr.

Depardieu, who has declared the city of Saransk, about 370 miles east of Moscow in the Mordovia region, as his new home, held a news conference on Tuesday in Grozny to promote the film, which will be called “Turquoise” and will also star the British actress Elizabeth Hurley. Grozny is better known as the center of two bloody wars fought against Russia by Muslim separatists than as a glamorous celebrity hangout. But it seemed to enjoy an odd, fleeting paparazzi moment on Tuesday as Mr. Depardieu and Ms. Hurley appeared with the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, a strongman supported by the Kremlin who has been accused of human rights abuses. Ms. Hurley posted messages about the event on Twitter and posted three pictures via Instagram. Mr. Depardieu noted Chechnya’s violent reputation, at one point telling a journalist: “You see, it’s O.K. They don’t kill you,” according to Nikolaus von Twickel, a correspondent for the German news agency DPA, who attended the event. At another point, Mr.

Depardieu made it clear that his strident antitax sentiments had not eased, despite his qualification as a Russian tax resident for a flat 13 percent income tax levy. Speaking in English, he used an expletive to describe taxes in Britain, which he said had prompted film directors to leave that country. He also offered gratitude to Mr. Kadyrov, who has given him an apartment in Grozny, and kind words for Chechnya and the Chechen people. He said that Chechens should not feel any responsibility for the April 15 bombings of the Boston Marathon, even though the two suspects in the attack, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, were of Chechen heritage. “I agree with Ramazan Kadyrov that the Tsarnaev brothers have a Chechen family name but American education,” he said, according to the Chechen Republic press office. “You don’t bear any responsibility for this.” And while Mr. Depardieu recently announced plans to open a restaurant in Saransk, he offered high praise for the cuisine in Chechnya, as well as perhaps a small dig at his estranged homeland.

“I am familiar with the national dishes of many nations and countries,” he said, according to the Chechen press office. “And you know, in my opinion, the best cuisines are in Chechnya, India and Great Britain.” But the theme of the day was clearly the occasionally transient nature of national identity. And in a sense, Mr. Depardieu noted, portraying a Frenchman in Chechnya would bring him full circle. He recalled, the Chechen press office said, that the 19th-century French writer Alexandre Dumas had once called Chechens the French of the Caucasus. <nyt_correction_bottom> Depardieu moves into Russian town - The Local Depardieu moves into Russian town AFP 08:40 CET+01:00 Share this article Gerard Depardieu, pictured embracing his 'friend' Russian President Vladimir Putin, on January 5th. Photo: Mikhail Klimentyev/Ria-Novosti/AFP AFP 24 February 2013 08:40 CET+01:00 Flamboyant French actor Gérard Depardieu on Saturday formally registered as a resident of the Russia n region of Mordovia.

Newly-minted Russia n citizen Depardieu gave his residence as No. 1, Democracy Street. In a grand ceremony in Mordovia's main city of Saransk that bore little relation to the average Russian's experience of local bureaucracy, Depardieu signed a form and had his passport stamped to formally become a resident. The procedure was greeted by wild applause by the crowds crammed into the city's state theatre to witness the procedure as the burly French megastar grinned broadly. "Glory to Saransk, Glory to Mordovia, Glory to Russia!" he bellowed in celebration, in heavily-accented Russian. Depardieu then proudly produced the Russian passport, complete with the new registration stamp, to show off to the cameras, an AFP correspondent said. His address was announced as an apartment on No. 1, Democracy Street in an upscale area of Saransk which belongs to relatives of his friend, the head of Russia's State Film Fund Nikolai Borodachev. All Russian citizens are obliged to be formally registered as living in a certain city, town or village with a corresponding stamp in their passport to prove it.

Depardieu was granted a Russian passport by President Vladimir Putin in January after complaining at high tax rates in France. This trip is his second to Russia as a Russian citizen and he is expected to stay in Saransk for several days. True to his reputation for rocking relations with his home country, Depardieu aggressively asked a pair of French journalists whom he recognised to leave and delete their video recordings. The Mordovia region in central Russia was until know chiefly known for its network of prison camps where one of the jailed Pussy Riot punks is serving her sentence. Populated by a large community of Finnic-speaking Mordvins, it is also a host city of the 2018 World Cup that is to be hosted by Russia. "We are very happy that the citizen of the world, the great actor Gérard Depardieu, has registered namely in Saransk," said the head of the Mordovia region, Vladimir Volkov. "We will continue to get Depardieu acquainted with our culture, our agriculture, industry, our successful experience of inter-ethnic relations and our people," he added.

Local media reports said that Depardieu on his latest trip would be given an excursion around a local cheese factory that uses French machinery and may also go on a trip hunting for wild boar. According to Yuri Mishanin, the head of the theatre where the registration ceremony was held, Depardieu was also hoping to "open a small restaurant here in Saransk". The Russian authorities are clearly delighted to have found a cultural figure who praises Putin to the skies and shows his respect for Russian culture. But some commentators have queried Depardieu's wanderings in Putin's Russia, comparing him to artists like Irish writer George Bernard Shaw who praised the Soviet Union at the height of Stalin's tyrannical rule. Depardieu was given citizenship by Putin in early January after he squabbled with French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, who scolded his "pathetic" decision to become a tax exile in Belgium. He is not expected to live full time in Russia but the Saransk authorities are expecting he will make regular visits to his adopted new home.

TASS: Archive - Depardieu registers as taxpayer in Russian Saransk Depardieu registers as taxpayer in Russian Saransk May 20, 2013, 12:11 UTC+3 Depardieu is registered as resident of Saransk in the apartment of relatives of his friend Share 1 pages in this article Photo ITAR-TASS SARANSK, May 20 (Itar-Tass) - French movie star Gerard Depardieu, who registered as resident of Saransk after receiving Russian citizenship early this year, has once again arrived in the Republic of Mordovia on the way from another city he likes - Chechnya’s capital Grozny, the republican government reports. The aim of this visit is purely business one - the actor plans to register in Saransk for taxation as individual entrepreneur. It is in Saransk that the actor, who quit his homeland to avoid a tax hike on the rich, will pay his Russian business activity taxes. Depardieu’s first business projects in Saransk are already known. He will set up a Gerard Depardieu cultural centre that will be implementing all cultural and business projects of the movie star - in the sphere of cinematography, theatre and festivals.

He will possibly open a restaurant or a small caf· that he promised to open during the previous trip to Mordovia, when local authorities took him to leading agricultural enterprises and the cheese dairy Sarmich, which produces quite good cheese on French equipment. Depardieu, who already has an experience of working in food industry, was touched and promised to open a restaurant “for common people” as he put it, with affordable prices. Depardieu is registered as resident of Saransk in the apartment of relatives of his friend - director of the state film archive Gosfilmofond Nikolai Borodachev, - who agreed to help the actor settle all necessary legal formalities envisaged in Russia. {{item.group_date}} French actor Depardieu gets Russian home address French actor Depardieu gets Russian home address Share 1 / 5 French actor Gerard Depardieu arrives for the opening ceremony of the Illusion movie theater after its restoration in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. President Vladimir Putin granted Depardieu Russian citizenship last month and on Saturday he is set to get registered as a resident of the city of Saransk.

(AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel) French actor Gerard Depardieu arrives for the opening ceremony of the Illusion movie theater after its restoration in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 22, 2013. President Vladimir Putin granted Depardieu Russian citizenship last month and on Saturday he is set to get registered as a resident of the city of Saransk. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel) MOSCOW (AP) — French actor Gerard Depardieu got a new permanent address in Russia — 1 Democracy Street — on Saturday, adding a final touch to his quest to get Russian citizenship. After receiving his Russian passport from President Vladimir Putin last month, Depardieu had it stamped with the new address in Saransk, a city of 300,000 about 640 kilometers (400 miles) east of Moscow. The actor has been at the center of a heated debate over tax exiles as France's Socialist government proposes a hefty tax on the rich, but he has denied that he accepted the passport to escape the taxman.

Saransk is the provincial capital of the Mordovia region, home to a sprawling web of Soviet-era prison camps, where one of the members of the Pussy Riot band is serving her two-year sentence for an irreverent "punk prayer" against Putin. He said at the ceremony that he appreciated the symbolism of his new address. "I want to be an ambassador of democracy to the world," he said, according to Russia Today television, which quoted him as saying that "Russia is a country with a great democracy." Saransk has otherwise mostly retained Soviet-era street names. Democracy Street is surrounded by Proletariat, Communist, Soviet and Bolshevik streets. Depardieu, who has starred in films such as "Green Card" and "Cyrano de Bergerac," enjoys broad popularity in Russia and received an enthusiastic welcome in the city. Showing off his knowledge of local history, Depardieu likened himself to Yemelyan Pugachev, the chief of a peasant rebellion in the 18th century. "Yemelyan Pugachev was a peasant tsar who came to Kazan and to Saransk," Depardieu said, according to Russia Today.

"I am like Pugachev: I am a peasant, and I want to be tsar of Saransk." Depardieu was registered at an apartment belonging to the relatives of his Russian friend, the head of the Gosfilmofond state film archive, Nikola Bordachev. It is not clear if Depardieu will actually live in the apartment, and he has no requirement to spend any particular amount of time there — though he promised to visit the city often. Depardieu's decision to accept citizenship has earned sarcastic comments from Putin's critics, who say the actor is a tool of Kremlin spin. Reblog How to Renounce Your Citizenship How to Renounce Your Citizenship On the heels of Texas Senator Ted Cruz disavowing his Canadian citizenship, experts explain the process for several countries. View Images Texas Senator Ted Cruz speaks at a Republican function in May 2013. Cruz says he will renounce his Canadian citizenship. Photograph by Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Ted Cruz: Canadian-American. After the Dallas Morning News outed the Texas senator and Tea Party stalwart's dual citizenship (he was born in Calgary, Alberta), Cruz announced late Monday night that he would give up his Canadian citizenship.

Related Content Feeling Overtaxed? The Romans Would Tax Your Urine While he said he has "nothing against Canada" and does not have a Canadian passport, he felt that as "an American by birth and a U.S. Senator" he "should only be an American." But how does one go about renouncing citizenship? It's not as easy as burning your old passport. Practices vary from country to country, with some examples below. Canada Canadian regulations afford Senator Cruz a comparatively easy renunciation road. The first step, ticking off six boxes on the list of eligibility criteria , promises to be relatively straightforward. This will include demonstrating that he or she is over 18, that he does not reside in Canada, that he presents no security threat to the country, and that he understands the full significance of the action. An applicant must also prove that he or she will not be left "stateless"—lacking citizenship in any other country. Having met the criteria, Cruz then merely has to fill out an online application and pay a nonrefundable fee of $100, the processing time for which can vary from three months to a year.

Since Canada does not levy taxes on income earned overseas Cruz will not face any tax bill, as he would if he were giving up his U.S. citizenship. Cruz will then join a very small group: Last year only 192 people applied to renounce their Canadian citizenship, compared with 1,130 in the U.S. for the second quarter of 2013 alone. United States Citizenship renunciation has had a complex history in the U.S. Prior to the late 19th century, most countries considered a person's birth citizenship to be permanent and immutable under the doctrine of perpetual allegiance. This proved nettlesome for early British immigrants who, by virtue of their British birth, were sometimes pressed into service by the Royal Navy despite holding U.S. citizenship and having immigrated to America years, or even decades, earlier. The practice of impressment was so controversial as to have played a significant role in causing the War of 1812 between the U.S. and Britain. Nor was the practice confined to Britain alone. Germany, Sweden, and other countries also frequently drafted into their militaries U.S. citizens visiting their homeland.

In 1868, Congress passed the Expatriation Act , which specifically allowed for citizens to renounce the citizenship of the country from which they emigrated. But since the U.S. had no control over other national policies, it also sought out foreign agreements that harmonized naturalization laws—what became known as the Bancroft Treaties . Today American citizens opting to renounce their citizenship do so primarily for tax reasons, according to Freddi Weintraub, an immigration lawyer with Fragomen, a New York law firm. The U.S. is the only country in the world that taxes all income by its citizens earned overseas above $100,000. In 2012, Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin renounced his U.S. citizenship and became a citizen of Singapore, whose tax rules are substantially lighter by comparison. But the renunciation process is not without headaches, says Weintraub. You must first go to a consulate or embassy overseas and announce your intentions.

Then "there are a bunch of affidavits that you have to complete," she says, "because they have to make sure that you are of a sound mind, and that you understand the ramifications of what you've done." A consular officer then conducts an exit interview and has the individual sign an oath of renunciation. And depending on a person's income and wealth, exit taxes may be accessed. Russia In the Soviet era, renunciation wasn't even an option for most citizens. Emigration was restricted except in extraordinary circumstances. When the Soviet Union finally allowed certain groups—such as ethnically Jewish citizens—to emigrate in the late 1970s, those moving to Israel were forced to hand over their Soviet passports at the border. The current procedure is more flexible, if beset by bureaucracy. As with Canada, proof of alternative citizenship is necessary. But in Russia's case, the bureaucratic hoop jumping has just begun. Nationals living abroad are first required to have an up-to-date Russian passport—which would have been a problem for someone in Senator Cruz's situation, since it takes months and a fat stack of paperwork to obtain one. You also need a translated and notarized copy of the other country's passport.

Plus official proof that you owe no taxes to the Russian government, which is not so easy to get unless you live in Russia. A fee is assessed. All documents are submitted in person. And only then does the six-month processing begin. France Like Canada and Russia, France only allows its citizens to renounce their citizenship if they first demonstrate alternative citizenship. They must also prove a "lack of family and professional ties in France," according to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In December 2012, French actor Gerard Depardieu renounced his French citizenship in a dispute over tax increases on the wealthy instituted by the new president, Francois Hollande. Facing an effective tax rate of approximately 85 percent in France, Depardieu first moved across the border to neighboring Belgium, where the tax rate stands at 60 percent. Then in a strange twist, Russian President Vladimir Putin handed Depardieu a Russian passport, which the actor happily accepted.

Now facing an income tax rate of only 13 percent, Depardieu is registered as a resident of Saransk , a small town in the Russian province of Mordovia, about 400 miles east of Moscow, and has plans to star in a Russian film set in Chechnya. Japan In contrast to the countries above, Japan does not allow dual citizenship. Along with its neighbor Korea, Japan automatically revokes a person's Japanese citizenship once he or she is naturalized in another country. Minors under the age of 21 are allowed to hold two passports, but upon coming of age, they must renounce the second passport or forfeit their Japanese citizenship. Though it was formerly quite common, actively barring dual citizenship has all but disappeared over the last several decades. Even Germany, previously a staunch adherent to the policy, has relaxed the restriction in recent years and now allows exemptions to be considered. Comment on This Story VIKTOR (a.k.a.

Turquoise) – THE FILM | Kapara Pictures Kapara Pictures by Vladimir Kozlov at 27/05/2013 19:47 Reports are streaming out of Chechnya about French actor – and new Russian citizen – Gerard Depardieu, who is working on two films set in the North Caucasus republic. Depardieu arrived last week in Grozny to begin work on the thriller “Turquoise” alongside British actress Elizabeth Hurley. Directed by Philippe Martinez, “Turquoise” is filming in the Chechen capital and Moscow. According to the film’s producer, Depardieu plays a gangster recently released from prison. The character travels to Moscow to find his son’s killer, with the help of Hurley’s femme fatale. Hurley told reporters in Grozny that filming in the republic is “a great adventure.” “When I was told that the movie would be filmed in Chechnya, I had to take a very deep breath,” she said.

“But then I realized it was a very good opportunity for me to come to a part of the world that I wouldn’t necessarily have expected to visit.” Hurley has posted photos on Instagram of herself with the republic’s controversial head, Ramzan Kadyrov, who has been accused of human rights abuses. Depardieu visited Chechnya earlier this year after controversially receiving Russian citizenship and residency in Mordovia’s capital, Saransk, where he is now registered as an “individual entrepreneur.” Kadyrov also granted him an apartment in Grozny. Earlier this month, Le Monde reported that Depardieu is also to play Chechnya’s former president Akhmat Kadyrov, Ramzan Kadyrov’s father, who was killed in a terrorist attack in 2004. However, Depardieu’s friend Nikolai Borodachev, director of the state film archive Gosfilmfond, corrected the report, saying the actor will play not Kadyrov, but a regular Chechen in a film with a tentative title “Serdtse Otsa” (A Father’s Heart). “This is a totally different story, more like an action thriller,” he told Izvestia.

“Depardieu will be playing a positive Chechen character.” The film is centered on Chechnya’s reconstruction in the wake of the wars of the mid-1990s – early 2000s. Depardieu, Newly a Russian, Will Play Frenchman in Chechnya Musa Sadulayev/Associated Press By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN Published: May 21, 2013 MOSCOW — Gérard Depardieu may have renounced his French nationality as a protest against high taxes and became a citizen of Russia instead, but on Tuesday he said he would play a Frenchman in a movie to be filmed in Moscow and in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. Mr. Depardieu, who has declared the city of Saransk, about 370 miles east of Moscow in the Mordovia region, as his new home, held a news conference on Tuesday in Grozny to promote the film, which will be called “Turquoise” and will also star the British actress Elizabeth Hurley. Grozny is better known as the center of two bloody wars fought against Russia by Muslim separatists than as a glamorous celebrity hangout.

But it seemed to enjoy an odd, fleeting paparazzi moment on Tuesday as Mr. Depardieu and Ms. Hurley appeared with the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, a strongman supported by the Kremlin who has been accused of human rights abuses. Ms. Hurley posted messages about the event on Twitter and posted three pictures via Instagram. Mr. Depardieu noted Chechnya’s violent reputation, at one point telling a journalist: “You see, it’s O.K. They don’t kill you,” according to Nikolaus von Twickel, a correspondent for the German news agency DPA, who attended the event. At another point, Mr. Depardieu made it clear that his strident antitax sentiments had not eased, despite his qualification as a Russian tax resident for a flat 13 percent income tax levy. Speaking in English, he used an expletive to describe taxes in Britain, which he said had prompted film directors to leave that country. He also offered gratitude to Mr. Kadyrov, who has given him an apartment in Grozny, and kind words for Chechnya and the Chechen people.

He said that Chechens should not feel any responsibility for the April 15 bombings of the Boston Marathon, even though the two suspects in the attack, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, were of Chechen heritage. “I agree with Ramazan Kadyrov that the Tsarnaev brothers have a Chechen family name but American education,” he said, according to the Chechen Republic press office. “You don’t bear any responsibility for this.” And while Mr. Depardieu recently announced plans to open a restaurant in Saransk, he offered high praise for the cuisine in Chechnya, as well as perhaps a small dig at his estranged homeland. “I am familiar with the national dishes of many nations and countries,” he said, according to the Chechen press office. “And you know, in my opinion, the best cuisines are in Chechnya, India and Great Britain.” But the theme of the day was clearly the occasionally transient nature of national identity. And in a sense, Mr. Depardieu noted, portraying a Frenchman in Chechnya would bring him full circle.

He recalled, the Chechen press office said, that the 19th-century French writer Alexandre Dumas had once called Chechens the French of the Caucasus. <nyt_correction_bottom> 18/04/2014 The stunningly beautiful English actress Elizabeth Hurley is starring opposite Gerard Depardieu in VIKTOR (a.k.a. Turquoise). Ms. Hurley is taking on the role of ALEXANDRA IVANOVA, the fiercely loyal owner of a sophisticated, exclusive Moscow club. IVANOVA is VIKTOR LAMBERT ‘s (Depardieu) one true love and former partner-in-crime who stands beside him as he seeks revenge against his son’s murderers. Ms. Hurley is best known for her roles in Austin Powers and most recently her role as Diana Payne in Gossip Girl. For the last 16 years she has been one of Estée Lauder’s most prominent faces, appearing in advertisements for their perfumes and cosmetics. Ms.

Hurley is an entrepreneur with a line of elegant beach attire and is a very active philanthropist who is a patron of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the Hop, Skip and Jump Foundation and the Shane Warne Foundation , among others. Ms. Hurley and her fiancée Mr. Shane Warne will be hosting Cricket for Kids to raise money for both British and Australian children in need immediately upon wrapping her filming of TURQUOISE. You can follow her on Twitter to keep up with her during the filming of her role as Alexandra Ivanova. | Project Gutenberg Self-Publishing - eBooks | Read eBooks online Guillaume (deceased), Julie , Roxanne, Jean Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu ( French: ( ) ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, film-maker, businessman and vineyard owner. He is one of the most prolific character actors in film history, having completed approximately 170 movies since 1967. He has twice won the César Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in Green Card .

After he garnered huge critical acclaim for the title role in Cyrano de Bergerac , which landed him a nomination for an Academy Award , Depardieu acted in many big budget Hollywood movies. He is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur and Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite . He was granted citizenship of Russia in January 2013 and the same month became a cultural ambassador of Montenegro . Contents 8 External links Early life Gérard Depardieu was born in Châteauroux , Indre , France . He is one of the five children of Anne Jeanne Josèphe (née Marillier) and René Maxime Lionel Depardieu, a metal worker and volunteer fireman. [1] [2] Leaving school at the age of 13 he took a job at a printworks, but also began to get involved in petty crime, resulting in his being put on probation at one point.

[3] In his youth, Depardieu was also once a rent boy, a petty thief who served three weeks in prison for stealing a car and also turned his hand to grave robbing before being saved from destitution by a gay theatre talent spotter who paid for him to study French drama. [4] Acting career Depardieu at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival At the age of 16, Depardieu left Châteauroux for Paris . There, he began acting in the new comedy theatre Café de la Gare , along with Patrick Dewaere , Romain Bouteille, Sotha , Coluche , and Miou-Miou . [5] He studied dancing under Jean-Laurent Cochet, and went on to become one of France's most renowned actors. His breakout film role came in 1974 playing Jean-Claude in Bertrand Blier 's comedy Les Valseuses (Going Places).

[6] Other prominent early roles include a starring role alongside Robert De Niro in Bernardo Bertolucci 's historical epic 1900 (1976) and a role in François Truffaut 's The Last Metro (1980), for which he was nominated for a César Award. In 1986, his international fame grew as a result of his performance as a doomed, hunchbacked farmer in the film Jean de Florette . Five years later he won a César for his starring role in Cyrano de Bergerac , for which he was also nominated for an Academy Award. This is still considered by many to be his most notable role. In 1990, Gerard crossed over into the American film market by co-starring in Peter Weir 's romantic comedy Green Card , for which he won a Golden Globe Award. He has since had other roles in other English-language films, including Ridley Scott 's 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), Kenneth Branagh 's Hamlet (1996), and Ang Lee 's Life of Pi (2012).

More recently, he has played Obélix in the four live-action Astérix movies in which he is said to have discovered Mélanie Laurent when she was 14. [7] In 2009, he took part in a rare performance of Sardou's La Haine at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon, with Fanny Ardant ; subsequently broadcast on France Musique . [8] In 2013, he starred in an independent film entitled A Farewell to Fools . [9] Personal life Depardieu with Carole Bouquet at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival . In 1970, Depardieu married Élisabeth Guignot , with whom he had two children, actor Guillaume (1971–2008) and actress Julie (1973). On 28 January 1992, while separated from Élisabeth, he had a daughter, Roxanne, with the model Karine Silla.

In 1996 he divorced Élisabeth and began a relationship with actress Carole Bouquet , who was his partner from 1997 to 2005. [10] On 14 July 2006, he had a son, Jean, with French-Cambodian Hélène Bizot (daughter of François Bizot and not to be confused with actress Hélène Bizot ), according to the issue 3089 (31 July 2008) of Paris Match and the Phnom Penh Post . [11] Since 2005, Depardieu has lived with a Harvard -educated novelist, Clémentine Igou. On 13 October 2008, his son Guillaume, whose health had been severely affected by drugs, a motorbike crash and, most importantly, a hospital infection contracted during the post-accident operations, eventually leading to the amputation of his leg, died at the age of 37 from complications linked to a sudden case of pneumonia . [12] In recent years, Depardieu has attracted attention from the media and legal authorities for his behavior.

In August 2012, he was accused of assault and battery for punching a motorist in Paris. [13] In November 2012, he was arrested for driving while intoxicated after he fell from his scooter, and was found to have a blood alcohol level of 1.8 grams per litre, well above the French limit for driving of 0.5. [14] He has been an official resident of Néchin , Belgium since 7 December 2012. [15] French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault criticised his move. [16] On 15 December 2012, Depardieu publicly stated he was handing back his French passport. [17] [18] On 3 January 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order granting Russian citizenship to Depardieu. [19] In his first interview thereafter, Depardieu attacked Putin's critics. [20] In his autobiography Depardieu said Putin 'immediately liked my hooligan side.' [21] In February 2013 he registered as a resident of Saransk .

Also in January 2013 he was appointed a cultural ambassador for Montenegro . [22] Awards Depardieu has been nominated for the Best Actor in a Leading Role César 15 times during his career and won it twice, in 1981 and 1991. He was also nominated for an Oscar in 1990 for his role in Cyrano de Bergerac . ^ "Gerard Depardieu Biography (1948–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 26 February 2010. ^ "Les ancêtres de Gérard Depardieu (1948)". Archived from the original on 30 October 2008. ^ Atkin, Tim (4 September 2005). "Voulez-vous poulet avec moi?". The Observer. Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 27 April 2014. ^ "I was a grave robber and a RENT BOY, admits Depardieu: Actor reveals details of his troubled past in autobiography". Associated Newspapers Ltd. Daily Mail. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.

^ 30th Anniversary of Café de la Gare, L'Express , 15 August 2002, (in French) ^ Gérard Depardieu at IMDb ^ Lichfield, John (10 February 2003). "This Europe: Confessions of Depardieu". The Independent (UK). Retrieved 26 February 2010. ^ Presentation of concert on Festival de Radio France site. ^ "Monterey Media Acquires Three Films, Including Works Starring Gerard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel". indiewire.com. 17 October 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2013. ^ "Bouquet — Depardieu en crise". Dhnet.be. 31 August 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2010. ^ Sloan, Michael (22 April 2011). "Upheaval of life blamed on Apsara". The Phnom Penh Post (Cambodia). Retrieved 25 April 2011. ^ Lichfield, John (14 October 2008).

"Gérard Depardieu's son dies of pneumonia at 37". The Independent. Retrieved 3 January 2013. ^ Henry Barnes (17 August 2012). "Gérard Depardieu accused of punching motorist in road rage assault". guardian.co.uk. ^ Kimberley Dadds (29 November 2012). "French actor Gerard Depardieu 'arrested for driving scooter drunk' in Paris following minor accident". DailyMail. ^ Fraser, Christian (17 December 2012). "Depardieu: French film star stirs tax row". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 January 2013. ^ "Depardieu tax exile move 'shabby' - French PM Ayrault". ^ "Depardieu 'to give up passport' in tax exile row". BBC news. 16 December 2012. ^ """Gérard Depardieu : "Je rends mon passeport. lejdd.fr. 15 December 2012. ^ "Executive Order on granting Russian citizenship to Gerard Depardieu". Russian Presidential Executive Office. January 3, 2013.

^ "Depardieu attacks Russia's opposition.". Aljazeera.com. Retrieved 25 January 2013. ^ news.com.au 6 October 2104 putin liked depardieus hooligan side at once ^ "Depardieu nommé ambassadeur de la culture du Monténégro". La Voix de la Russie. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 27 April 2014. ^ "ORDRE DE LA LÉGION D'HONNEUR Décret du 30 décembre 1995 portant promotion et". ^ "28th Moscow International Film Festival (2006)". MIFF. Retrieved 21 April 2013. External links Sourced from World Heritage Encyclopedia™ licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 Help to improve this article, make contributions at the Citational Source This article was sourced from Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.

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Question: In early 2013 French actor Gerard Depardieu took on Russian citizenship and was registered as permanent resident of...?
Answer: Saransk, Russia