Gerard Depardieu Granted Russian Citizenship!
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20896894

" January 2013 Last updated at 06:25 ET
Gerard Depardieu 'granted Russian citizenship'

French actor Gerard Depardieu has obtained Russian citizenship, according to a brief statement posted on the Kremlin website.

"Vladimir Putin has signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to Gerard Depardieu," the message read.

Mr Depardieu recently announced he would give up his French passport after the government criticised his decision to move abroad to avoid higher taxes.

In December, Mr Putin said he would be happy to welcome the actor in Russia.

"I'm sure the French authorities did not want to offend Mr Depardieu. But if he'd like to have a Russian passport, consider it settled," Mr Putin said during his annual news conference on 20 December.

Under France's civil code, dual citizenship is permitted but it is unlawful to be stateless.

A person must obtain another nationality before giving up French citizenship.

Mr Depardieu has not yet commented on the Kremlin's latest announcement.

His highly publicised tax row began last year after Socialist President Francois Hollande said he planned to raise taxes by 75% for those earning more than 1m euros (£817,400).

Lambasting the government for punishing "success, creation and talent", the actor announced in early December that he would move to Belgium.

Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault retaliated by calling the decision "shabby".

Although the Constitutional Council struck down Mr Hollande's tax rise proposal on Sunday, Mr Depardieu said this did not change the situation "one bit".

The French actor, described by Mr Putin as a successful businessman and 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.

In addition, Mr Depardieu has also helped raise funds for a children's hospital in St Petersburg."

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Is Russia becoming the last bastion of Freedom?

I wonder.......................................

:thumbsup

Let him speak out against them and see what happens. lol

Lol at
"Is Russia becoming the last bastion of Freedom?"

JohnnyClips is that you?

Let all the rich leave....

save us the trouble of shooting them during the revolution

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh funny that:thumbsup

I'd like to do that same thing with Canada. I'm sick of paying out my ass to let people live on wellfare.

its amazing what this world's trash actually thinks.
what guns will you shoot them with? your country doesn't allow you to possess them. :1orglaugh

You want to shoot people who have busted their ass to become wealthy?

Better not work to hard. :2 cents:

75% vs 13% personal income tax rate, Russia wins quite easily.

tax already is glorified theft, but 75% is just theft, plain and simple. Money grubbing governments make me fucking sick.

Clowns. Both of them :2 cents:

If you are a private entrepreneur (like me for example) you pay even less, only 6% from all your earnings :2 cents:

how good are people at reporting their taxes?

or are they still avoiding them when possible?

Russia is a free country (so is Russian mentality), they let you make as much money as you want as long as you keep your mouth shut and know you're place, and that will always be below the president. No one gets jealous because for every big fish there's an even bigger fish.

Still, you can say what you want about Putin and the Government on the streets, within your network, just don't put it in a newspaper or on tv or your heavy-traffic website and all is good. Besides, I understand the guy, why would you spit in the plate you feed from? Move out and start your business elsewhere if you hate the government. And if you're a nobody no one gives a shit about what you say or do. Problems start when you become too powerful and that's quite normal.

That depends. The private entrepreneurs usually paying it in full because 6% is not that much to care about. On the other hand, 99.9% of small landlords and private carters prefer to not pay the taxes at all. The similar situation is in big corporations where the people have two salaries: a white and a black one (say $1500 a month officially and $8000 over that in a letterbox).

Could have gotten a US one for about 500K

To pay 35% tax from his millions? :winkwink:

hm.. so even a really low tax rate doesnt keep people from cheating - interesting

This is the system which was built by Yeltsin and Putin during last 20+ years. In two words it's easier to cheat than not to cheat.

O'RLY? It's just because people dont see where the money go, they live in a shithole, no medicine, dark streets, road blocks, bribes, pollution, unpunished crime ...

Now, please, move your assets to Russia/Ukraine for 5-6% tax local programmers pay, have a good trip to the land of low.

France doesn't want rich, famous and above all ugly and fat guy...
Russia welcomes him..

French citizens:

http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6184/6...270c545b_z.jpg

Thats what a revolution is, taking power. Its about ideas.

You think that one person can create wealth worth millions of hours work, how naive.

The rich control society in order to plunder it. By owning and controlling the land, factories and resources, that is why only 6000 individuals own more than $1,000,000,000 each, not through work but through exploitation.

for example sell clothes for $20 and paying Bangladeshi women $0.20.

The rich need the poor, but the poor don't need the rich. let them all leave.

the Bangladeshi women need $0.20 :winkwink:
so you are wrong...

:1orglaugh

Friends with Putin... Was wondering where he was making all of his money.

Nice... good for him and his $$$

http://s3.amazonaws.com/dk-productio...jpg?1353963385

Walmart clothing found in Bangladeshi factory after fire that killed 112,

They dying for the work that you give them.....

(ps Workers create the wealth for owners, by paying workers less than the wealth they create they make the capitalist rich )

i can't afford bengladeshi panties...
Of course, less you pay your workers and more you need to produce cheap stuffs like that, because they can't afford something else.

.. and eat freedom fries ... seriously ????

don't forget about most of "brands", made in china, vietnam, bangladesh,india and indonesia...nike, adidas, puma etc.

its big irony when people from other 3rd world countries desire such products as a sign of social status.....

pure marxism... don't know if from Carol or Marx brothers, though...

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

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Good for Him!
Greedy gov can suck it!

Good for him, 75% is insane.

can you explain this picture ?

No :)

You're retarded, I assume you must be trolling. If not god help you.

Мне нравится мочиться.

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Ukrainian nationalists are preparing to boycott Gerard Depardieu

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

bit off topic but Sid70 you have some nice work :)

pointless boycott but symbolic because the actor is glorifying communism and the shit that fuckers like Stalin did for some strange reason :2 cents:

Who's next... Sasha Grey? Seems like that :1orglaugh

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