Depardieu checks out possible new Russian homeland
- Published: 6 Jan 2013 at 15.45
- Online news: World
French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has threatened to forsake his homeland for Russia to avoid massive new taxes, travelled Sunday to the central region of Mordovia where he may next hang his hat.
French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has threatened to quit his homeland to avoid higher taxes, shows off his new Russian passport on January 6, 2013, at Mordovia airport in Saransk, where he has been offered residence.
Costumed women greeted Depardieu with folk dancing on the tarmac as he arrived in the capital Salansk and was served blini, or traditional pancakes.
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