Gérard Depardieu meets Russian president in Black Sea resort

The French film star, Gérard Depardieu, visits the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, in Sochi on Sunday to obtain his Russian passport. Putin granted citizenship to Depardieu, who left his homeland to avoid a new tax rate for millionaires. Russia has a flat income tax rate of 13%, compared with the 75% tax on income over €1m the French president, François Hollande, plans to impose…

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