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Depardieu has become a Russian peasant!
And why? The French authorities insulted the actor, so he was offended...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to actor Gerard Depardieu. This is officially reported on the Kremlin website:
The full text of the Decree "On admission to the citizenship of the Russian Federation":
In accordance with paragraph "a" of Article 89 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, to satisfy the application for admission to the citizenship of the Russian Federation by Depardieu Gerard Xavier, who was born in 1948 in France.
January 3, 2013, 12:00

Citizenship is granted to the actor in accordance with Article 89 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, according to which the President "resolves issues of citizenship of the Russian Federation and the granting of political asylum."

But the loudest was the departure of Gerard Depardieu. Offended actor "slammed the door" goodbye...

In the end, the French authorities had to backtrack: the French Constitutional Court at the end of 2012 canceled the 75% so-called “rich man tax”, which the socialist government planned to introduce as early as 2013.
The French Constitutional Court ruled that the new income tax of 75% on income over €1 million is contrary to the country's fundamental law. The author of this idea was earlier French President Francois Hollande. It was planned that the tax will be introduced for two years.

How the French president wanted to improve economic performance
François Hollande in his election program promised to restore the country's economy in two years. And only at the expense of the rich: there will be no cuts in the public sector. In August, France alone in the EU introduced a tax on financial transactions in the amount of 0.1% of the transaction amount. In the future, Hollande promised to raise the rate to 0.2%. On this, the treasury planned to raise €170 million, and another €20 billion was supposed to bring a tax for the rich - a 75% tax for those who earned more than a million euros a year.

It was assumed that after the abolition of the “luxury tax”, Depardieu, who had renounced his citizenship, would reconsider his position. But...

Actor Gerard Depardieu, who announced the renunciation of French citizenship, began to consider Russia among the countries where it makes sense, in his opinion, to move.
December 18, French newspaper Le Monde wrote that Depardieu could get Russian citizenship, quoting his words "Putin has already sent me a passport."
According to the publication, Gerard Depardieu told his friends the day before that “can already count on three countries that can accept it”: "Belgium, where he recently bought a house, Montenegro, where he has friends and business interests, and Russia". “Putin has already sent me a passport!” exclaimed the actor.
As previously reported by the Belgian media, the actor had already bought a house in Belgium and was interested in the procedure for obtaining a Belgian passport.

The administration of the President of the Russian Federation called this statement a joke. Press Secretary of Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov in an interview France Press:
“I cannot comment on this. Obviously this is a joke. I haven't heard anything about it. It's a joke, apparently."

The next day, the head of the republic announced his readiness to receive Depardieu in Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. "If the country's leadership makes a positive decision and gives him Russian citizenship, we will be happy to create conditions for him worthy of a great cultural figure in our republic," the head of Chechnya said, adding that he considers Depardieu "a man with a capital letter."

On December 20, during a large press conference, Putin announced that he was ready to immediately grant Depardieu citizenship. "If Gerard really wants to have either a residence permit in Russia or a Russian passport, then we will assume that this issue has been resolved and resolved positively"- said the President of the Russian Federation.

At the same time, the Federal Migration Service (FMS) reported that it had not received requests from the actor to grant him a residence permit or citizenship ...

And now it happened: Depardieu is now a citizen of Russia!

Now he russian music!

Hehe, how Peskov screwed up ...

Now the press secretary of President Vladimir Putin Dmitry Peskov sang differently. And he explained the granting of Russian citizenship to actor Gerard Depardieu by his contribution to the development of Russian cinema, Interfax reports.
"The fact is that Depardieu played in a number of very large film projects, played roles, including his work on the role of Rasputin," said the representative of the head of state. According to him, "this film has not yet been released on screens with us, but this is a very bold and new scoring of this role."
We are talking about the film "Rasputin", which was filmed on the initiative of Gerard Depardieu, who dreamed of playing Grigory Rasputin for 15 years.

After it became known about the presidential decree, two heads of Russian regions at once expressed their readiness to settle the actor in their place.
"Great news. Gerard Depardieu received Russian citizenship! I previously offered Depardieu to live in Grozny if he gets a citizenship. We will be happy!"-

The latest news about the location of the actor, who recently planned to settle in Russia. Does he plan to return to his new homeland?

Since receiving Russian citizenship, Depardieu has continued to work actively, but filming in domestic cinema was limited to the role in the TV series Zaitsev +1 and the film Sex, Coffee and Cigarettes. Everything else is foreign cinema, mostly French. Therefore, most of his time, after, he spends abroad.

In 2019, Gerard Depardieu mostly lives in Paris. This year, he is not filmed much, but the latest news about him was about the French prosecutor's office, where he was constantly dragged in the case of the rape of a certain actress. In June 2019, the case was closed due to insufficient evidence.

Previously, Depardieu lived in Belgium, in the rural province of Neshen (Nechyn), where even before the Russian epic, he bought himself a mansion. The place was only a few hundred meters from the French border. Given that Belgium is part of the European Union and the border itself has long been gone, there are no obstacles for the actor to travel to France. But the tax regime at that time was more favorable.
In the spring of 2019, it became known that Depardieu put his house in Belgium up for sale. At the same time, a year before, he also sold the house, but then canceled this decision. Whether the deal went through is unknown.

Also in recent years, the actor spent a lot of time in Italy, where, according to rumors, he also owns real estate. One thing is for sure - Depardieu does not stay anywhere for a long time. No wonder he often calls himself a "citizen of the world", expressing all sorts of favors to countries far from France and the United States.

In 2018, Depardieu starred in the film My Wife's Lover, where he looked in pretty good shape. Of course, this is not the slender young man who starred in the scenes of escapes, beat the enemies of the muzzle, but a very strong old man who is able to play love scenes.

Despite the appearance of rumors that he spoke not too correctly, and also that he sold the apartments presented to him by Kadyrov and Putin, in reality he is still loyal to the Russian Federation. In August 2016, he visited Saransk, it is also known that he recently sued his accountant in Russia, who is suspected of embezzling funds. On January 30, 2017, Depardieu was invited to Moscow for a trial.

In December last year, the actor was on a South American tour, took part in a show in Buenos Aires. In addition to Argentina, Depardieu lived for some time in Peru and Brazil.

On December 27, Depardieu will turn 71, given the high life expectancy in Europe, this is considered an excellent age for work and travel. The impulsive nature of the actor, as well as his desire for 7 more states, may well contribute to the fact that Gerard Depardieu will end up, for example, in Africa in a few years.

For this reason, the question of where Depardieu lives in 2019 is not an easy one, this person’s life is very changeable, which he has been hiding from the media in recent years. It is possible that the actor is sick, since his Instagram is mostly photos from a young age, which happens when the managers of older celebrities try to hide some of their ailments. Moreover, there is no information about the new shootings of Gerard.

Childhood

Gerard was born into a large family. They lived in poverty. Father Rene Depardieu had no education. Lived in the countryside. He worked as a tinsmith.

Gerard's mother Alice Marie grew up in the family of a pilot who, by distribution, ended up in the city of Chateauroux. When Depardieu's parents met, they immediately fell in love and soon got married. Rene's father worked well, but it did not bring much income. The couple has their first child, older brother Gerard Alain. After him, Alice gave birth to a daughter, who was named Elena. The family lived only on the allowance paid by the state for children. After our hero Gerard Depardieu was born - this is how this surname actually sounds. To all this, the father begins to drink, disappear constantly with his drinking companions. Mother, one might say, raised three children alone. Seven years later, three more heirs appeared in the family: daughter Catherine and two sons: Frank and Eric.

Parents practically did not engage in raising children. Father did not need anything at all, except for a bottle of alcohol. He was never at home either. Mother was tired that everything was on her, but she never told anyone anything, she hid everything in herself. She is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

From the inattention of parents in childhood, Gerard had problems with speech. He hardly spoke, he expressed himself with gestures. Even started to stutter. These problems led to the fact that at school Gerard practically did not talk to anyone, he was closed.

Soon the Americans opened a military base in Chateauroux. Gerard and his brother Allen were frequent guests of the base, as were many other boys. Here they learned everything about American culture, watched American films, listened to their music. Depardieu often skipped school. This time he spent in an environment that was interesting to him. Thanks to this, the studies of young Gerard went downhill. He was even left for the second year. After that, Depardieu was generally uninterested in attending school. And he was given a certificate of incomplete secondary education.

Gerard Depardieu on video

At the age of 14, Gerard got a job as a typesetter in a printing house, but did not stop visiting the American military base.

A circle teaching boxing began to work in the city. Depardieu signed up there. He was not particularly eager for this sport. Mostly more experienced athletes trained with him. In one of the fights, Gerard's nose was broken. It was then that he began to enjoy little prestige among his peers. Many recognized him. Depardieu disappears in bars.

Young Gerard met a group of guys who stole fuel from a military base, then resold it. But since Depardieu was not of legal age, no formal charges were filed. The police repeatedly arrested their entire "gang", but soon released them. The police even came to Depardieu's house with a search, but they did not find anything. Parents were advised to send their son to a juvenile colony. But the father was categorical and did not follow the police lead. Depardieu was simply registered with the police. He went there every month to celebrate.

Actor career

Once an acquaintance of Gerard invited me to go to Paris. Depardieu, without saying anything to his parents, left with a friend. There he settled with a friend in the apartment, who, in turn, studied acting classes. With nothing to do, Depardieu went with a friend to study. There, the teacher unexpectedly chooses Gerard to show one scene. The teacher liked the way he played. This prompted Depardieu to take up acting.

But the future actor thought for a whole year whether to enter the courses. But still, he mustered up the courage and, together with his friends, went to an audition for Jean-Laurent Cochet. Depardieu performed one passage, but it was so terrible that the audience burst into laughter. But a wonderful teacher saw Depardieu's talent and gave him a chance to study at school without pay. Moreover, Cochet helped Gerard with the restoration of speech, paying for all the treatment.

Gerard Depardieu as Rasputin

More and more, Gerard Depardieu begins to get involved in reading French classics. He corrected the pronunciation, tried with different intonation. Yes, Depardieu had a lot of perseverance and perseverance. He becomes the top student in Koshe's class. Visits various art exhibitions, goes to museums. Gerard later met his first love, Elisabeth Guinho. She was also a student at the school where he himself studied.

Gerard Depardieu plays in a huge number of paintings. His characters are varied. They are loved in their own way. We all remember the films with his participation: the comedy "My Dad is a Hero", the melodrama "The Moon in the Gutter", the historical films "Danton", "Vatel", "Vidok", "Napoleon", the classic paintings "Cyrano de Bergerac".

The high-profile picture, where Gerard starred, was "Waltzing". The film contains the immoral behavior of the characters, group sex, sex with elements of violence, with minors, homosexuality. All this caused a huge scandal among the public. This picture was watched by more than five million people. The film took 3rd place in the box office. Of course, for Depardieu, this picture meant a lot. This is the most important stage of his life. After the film was released, Depardieu was talked about as a professional. At what completely diverse genres.

In the Soviet Union, Gerard also becomes famous for the films Unlucky, Dad, Runaways, Asterix. Later films were released: "Asterix and Obelix against Caesar", "The Woman from the Ganges", "Baroque", "The Count of Monte Cristo", "The Man in the Iron Mask".

Gerard Depardieu was even a model for the Russian artist Georgy Shishkin. Was also at his exhibition in Paris.

Gerard participated in the recording of the opera, was the narrator.

Awards

Gerard for the film "Prix" received the Volpi Cup for the best male role in the film "Police" at the Venice Film Festival.

Depardieu is also an "Honorary Udmurt". He also received the title of honorary citizen of the Chechen Republic. The president of Chechnya himself presented a five-room apartment in Grozny on the 27th floor.

Personal life of Gerard Depardieu

Gerard Depardieu is an eternal womanizer in life, a lover of women. During his life he had a huge number of them. Officially, Depardieu has four children. Two from ex-wife Elisabeth Depardieu. The children followed in the footsteps of their father, becoming actors.

It is also confirmed that Gerard acknowledged two illegitimate children. After an affair with model Karin Sila, they had a daughter, Roxana, who is also an actress. Then there was an affair with the Frenchwoman Helen Bizot, the daughter of a famous Buddhist. She gave Gerard a son, who was named after a friend of Depardieu's who had died, Jean.

But, as the actor himself says, he has as many as twenty children, and they are all from different women. He just negotiated with them, paying money for not disclosing this secret.

Depardieu is a fan of the French Paris Saint-Germain, and in Russia he is a fan of the Terek team from Grozny.

Russian citizenship

In December 2012, he moved to live in Belgium in order to avoid paying luxury tax. And after a while he completely refused French citizenship. Depardieu said: "I am a citizen of the world, not of France."

And in January 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin granted Gerard Russian citizenship. Depardieu explains his desire to obtain Russian citizenship: “I adore your country, Russia, your people, your history, your writers. I like to make films here in which I work with actors such as Vladimir Mashkov. I love your culture, your way of thinking. My father was once a communist and listened to Radio Moscow! This is also part of my culture… I love your President Vladimir Putin very much, and this is mutual… Russia is a country of great democracy, it is not a country where the prime minister could call a citizen of his country a miserable person.” Depardieu receives a Russian passport in January. He visited Mordovia, where he was offered to become the Minister of Culture of Mordovia, as well as a choice of an apartment or a private house. Gerard received a residence permit in the city of Saransk on Democratic Street.

There was another idea - the actor decided to obtain citizenship in Algeria. He spoke about his intention in the French newspaper La Provence.

“Soon I will settle in Algiers, by the way, like Eric Cantona, who lives in Oran. I chose Algiers. This is a great country. I want to say that at home, in Algiers, the Marseille Algerians would not dare to say even a quarter of what they say. The feeling of respect is lost. There it is expressed much more strongly, ”the actor explained his decision.

Depardieu also added that the Algerians are a people of great intelligence, whose lives were turned upside down by "illiterate warriors" in 1830 - it was then that France invaded Algeria, and after a long war, in 1848, declared this Maghreb country its territory.

Citizen of the world

How long the actor will live in the North African country is not yet clear. In an interview, he said that he plans to become a citizen of the world by obtaining seven passports. And, it seems, confidently goes to his goal.

Over the past few years, Depardieu has already received citizenship in Belgium and Russia.

The idea to renounce French citizenship came to Gerard Depardieu in 2012. The main reason was his dissatisfaction with government plans to introduce a luxury tax - those whose annual income exceeds € 1 million had to pay a 75 percent tax.

Depardieu was not going to put up with this and announced his plans to obtain citizenship in Belgium. On this basis, the actor had a serious conflict with the then Prime Minister of France, Jean-Marc Herault. The politician accused the actor of lack of patriotism and called his act "pathetic". In response, Depardieu said that over the years of his career he would pay € 145 million in taxes, and such state innovations were a punishment for success, creativity and talent.

Something went wrong with Belgium

After moving to Belgium, Depardieu acquired real estate and started doing business. It was possible to obtain the status of an honorary citizen of the Belgian commune of Estampui almost a year later - only in August 2013. To make life in a new country more comfortable, the actor bought a villa on the border with France, in the village of Neshen.

Taking up entrepreneurship, Depardieu decided to engage in industries that most often attract the attention of media faces.

A hotel, a liquor store and a Depardieu Space shopping center appeared in Belgium. However, the business turned out to be unprofitable and in 2015-2016 everything had to be closed. Due to financial setbacks, the actor put his 450 sq. m., now it is sold for €1.2 million.

Russia welcomed

In early 2013, Gerard Depardieu received Russian citizenship.

Russian passport Depardieu handed over personally.

Then, in an appeal to reporters, the actor said that he was sincerely happy with the new document. “I adore your country, Russia, your people, your history, your writers. I like to make films here in which I work with actors such as . I love your culture, your way of thinking."

At the same time, Depardieu noted that he would prefer to live in the countryside than in such a large metropolis as Moscow.

The desire of the legend of the French comedian was fulfilled by his close friend, who at that time was acting head of the State Film Fund. He gave Depardieu an apartment in an elite new building in the center of Saransk.

In 2016, Gerard Depardieu opened a cinema and a cultural center named after himself in Saransk - the reconstruction of the cinema took two years. At the opening ceremony, the actor spoke to the residents of the capital of Mordovia and said that he was proud to live in Saransk.

“I am delighted that there is a wonderful temple opposite the cinema: culture and spirituality should always go side by side,” he said.

In the same 2013, after the actor received an apartment and a residence permit in Saransk, he was received in Chechnya. Less than four days after registration in the Saransk apartment, Gerard Depardieu received the status of an honorary citizen of the Chechen Republic. As a congratulation, Kadyrov presented Depardieu with a five-room apartment on the 27th floor of one of the new buildings in the Grozny City complex, which he immediately informed subscribers on social networks.

“I just handed over the documents for a five-room apartment and a certificate of an honorary citizen of the Chechen Republic to Gerard Depardieu,” read Kadyrov’s post on Instagram.

In 2016, information appeared in the media that Gerard Depardieu had sold an apartment in Grozny and moved to live in Belgium, however, according to the report, the actor's producer Arno Frille said that there was no talk of this yet. “Depardieu, as he was, and continues to be the owner of an apartment in Grozny. There was no sale of the apartment. There was even no talk about it, ”he said then.

Gerard Depardieu was forcibly delivered by law enforcement agencies to the district bailiffs department of Arkhangelsk. This happened on June 30, 2016 in connection with his evasion of a fine of 300 rubles for violating the procedure for submitting documents to authorized state bodies.

Gerard Depardieu was in no hurry to execute the earlier decision of the local court on the payment of a fine, avoiding communication with the bailiffs, for which he was taken to the department with a protocol under administrative article 20.25 “Evasion of the execution of an administrative penalty” and the appointment of a double amount of the fine.

All this is not a joke, but Gerard Depardieu is a notorious resident of Arkhangelsk, who has already changed his passport and his first and last names more than 20 times since 2003.

His real name from birth is Andrey Valentinovich Khristoforov, but in recent years he has already managed to officially visit both Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev and even Posad Vselenovich Drevarkh-Enlightened.

At the same time, Depardieu, who fined Arkhangelsk, does not lose heart at all, and in his immediate life plans another change of name and surname. As he has already managed to announce to journalists, this will be determined with the help of a special ritual on the banks of the river, where his son will “draw symbols on the sand” by which a new name will be determined.

And where does the real Gerard Depardieu live now, the no less famous namesake of the Arkhangelsk joker?

The real Depardieu rightly calls himself a "citizen of the world", spending most of his life traveling around different countries visiting various festivals and corporate events.

As previously reported in Reliable News, after another short stay at the end of 2015, Depardieu left Russia, selling apartments donated by the authorities in Grozny and Saransk after he received Russian citizenship.

After that, Depardieu was met with special honors in Belarus, where the artist was warmly received at his residence by President Lukashenko himself, who taught the Frenchman how to mow the grass for a long time, after which he discussed with him, no less than a program of cooperation in the field of culture and art between Belarus and France, which the artist does not represent in any status.

In response, Depardieu confessed his love for Kazakhstan and complimented the quality of local products and grape wines.

The Frenchman said that in Kazakhstan there are many connoisseurs of classical music, for whom he is going to stage his own opera, for which he agrees to stay there for a while.

However, after that, the actor did not appear in Kazakhstan. Depardieu's last scandalous escapade was his performance at the Berlin Film Festival, where the Frenchman criticized the Oscar-winning film The Revenant, advising its participants to "spoil themselves in fragrant shit", since, according to the artist, real films should be "uncomfortable" and forcing the viewer to scream "no".

Where does Gerard Depardieu live now - about where the famous actor disappeared, and how he spends his time in recent months. Since receiving Russian citizenship, Depardieu has continued to work actively, and filming is not limited to domestic cinema - out of the last 11 films (since 2013, after receiving a Russian passport), the actor starred only in the TV series Zaitsev +1 and the film Sex, Coffee and Cigarettes ". Everything else is foreign cinema, mostly French. Therefore, most of his time, after Gerard Depardieu left Russia, he spends abroad.

Basically, Gerard Depardieu lives today in Belgium, in the city of Neshen, where even before the Russian epic, he bought a mansion for himself. Also in recent years, the actor spent a lot of time in France and Italy, where, according to rumors, he also owns real estate. One thing is for sure - Depardieu does not stay anywhere for a long time. In addition, he often calls himself a "citizen of the world", expressing all sorts of favors to countries far from France and the United States.

Despite the appearance of rumors that Depardieu did not speak very correctly about Russia, and also that he sold the apartments given to him by Kadyrov and Putin, in reality he is still loyal to the Russian Federation. In August 2016, he visited Saransk, it is also known that he recently sued his accountant in Russia, who is suspected of embezzling funds. On January 30, 2017, Depardieu was invited to Moscow for a trial.

In December of this year, the actor is on a South American tour and will take part in a show in Buenos Aires. In addition to Argentina, Depardieu will spend some time in Peru and Brazil. As you can see, it is difficult to say exactly where Gerard Depardieu lives today, since the actor actively travels, takes part in filming, and, probably, he quite likes such a life. Despite the fact that in recent years there has been information in the press that Depardieu is ill and suffering from alcoholism, judging by the life of the actor, everything is fine with him. Gerard himself in one of his interviews said the following: “I am sick with bulimia, that is, insatiable”, meaning cheerfulness and craving for a bright life.

December 27, Depardieu turned 68, given the high life expectancy in Europe, this is considered an excellent age for work and travel. The impulsive character of the actor, as well as his desire to obtain citizenship of another 7 states, may well contribute to the fact that Gerard Depardieu will end up in Africa in a few years, for example.

For this reason, the question of where Depardieu lives now is rhetorical, the life of this person is very changeable.

Gerard Depardieu had another idea - the actor decided to obtain citizenship in Algeria. He spoke about his intention in the French newspaper La Provence.

Citizen of the world

Over the past few years, Depardieu has already received citizenship in Belgium and Russia.

Something went wrong with Belgium

Taking up entrepreneurship, Depardieu decided to engage in industries that most often attract the attention of media faces.

Russia welcomed

In early 2013, Gerard Depardieu received Russian citizenship.

Russian passport to Depardieu was handed over personally by Vladimir Putin.

Then, in an appeal to reporters, the actor said that he was sincerely happy with the new document. “I adore your country, Russia, your people, your history, your writers. I like making films here, in which I work with actors like Vladimir Mashkov. I love your culture, your way of thinking."

At the same time, Depardieu noted that he would prefer to live in the countryside than in such a large metropolis as Moscow.

The desire of the legend of the French comedian was fulfilled by his close friend Nikolai Borodachev, who at that time was acting head of the State Film Fund. He gave Depardieu an apartment in an elite new building in the center of Saransk.

“I am delighted that there is a wonderful temple opposite the cinema: culture and spirituality should always go side by side,” he said.

“I just handed over the documents for a five-room apartment and a certificate of an honorary citizen of the Chechen Republic to Gerard Depardieu,” read Kadyrov’s post on Instagram.

In 2016, information appeared in the media that Gerard Depardieu had sold an apartment in Grozny and moved to live in Belgium, however, according to RIA Novosti, the producer of the actor Arnaud Frille said that there was no talk of this yet. “Depardieu, as he was, and continues to be the owner of an apartment in Grozny. There was no sale of the apartment. There was even no talk about it, ”he said then.