Depardieu To Become Russian Citizen To Escape Higher Taxes
Ooh la la! Guess who’s switching from brie to borscht? Gerard Depardieu, the enigmatic French actor, has become a Russian citizen. The announcement that Depardieu had officially been approved (by President Vladimir Putin himself, apparently) followed a flurry of exchanges between Depardieu and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault over French President Francois Hollande’s plans to raise…