French actor Gerard Depardieu has received a Russian passport after flying to Russia for a late night dinner with President Vladimir Putin on Saturday.
Depardieu sought Russian citizenship as part of his battle against a proposed super tax on millionaires in France, and Putin granted his request last week.
Russian television showed Putin embracing the actor as he arrived at the president’s residence in Sochi, the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The two men were then shown chatting over supper, discussing a soon-to-be-released film in which Depardieu plays Russian monk Grigory Rasputin.
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