Russia grants citizenship to Depardieu for tax exile
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January 4, 2013, Friday
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GERARD Depardieu, a French actor who has been sparring with his native country over taxes, has been granted Russian citizenship.
A brief announcement on the Kremlin website said Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the citizenship grant yesterday.
Depardieu is angered by French President Francois Hollande's attempt to raise taxes on the affluent to 75 percent. Russia has a flat income tax of 13 percent.
A representative for Depardieu declined to say whether he had accepted the offer.
Depardieu has made more than 150 films, among them the 1991 comedy "Green Card" about a man who enters into a marriage of convenience in order to get US residency.
Depardieu said in an open letter published in mid-December that he would turn over his passport and French social security card.
Hollande wants to tax incomes of the ultra-rich at 75 percent to reduce the debt and deficit, and Depardieu's subsequent decision to move to tax-friendly Belgium was slammed by Hollande's government.
"I'm a true European, a citizen of the world," Depardieu wrote in the letter.
The tax on millionaires was struck down by France's highest court on December 29, but the government has promised to resubmit the law in a slightly different form.
A brief announcement on the Kremlin website said Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the citizenship grant yesterday.
Depardieu is angered by French President Francois Hollande's attempt to raise taxes on the affluent to 75 percent. Russia has a flat income tax of 13 percent.
A representative for Depardieu declined to say whether he had accepted the offer.
Depardieu has made more than 150 films, among them the 1991 comedy "Green Card" about a man who enters into a marriage of convenience in order to get US residency.
Depardieu said in an open letter published in mid-December that he would turn over his passport and French social security card.
Hollande wants to tax incomes of the ultra-rich at 75 percent to reduce the debt and deficit, and Depardieu's subsequent decision to move to tax-friendly Belgium was slammed by Hollande's government.
"I'm a true European, a citizen of the world," Depardieu wrote in the letter.
The tax on millionaires was struck down by France's highest court on December 29, but the government has promised to resubmit the law in a slightly different form.
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