MOSCOW -- Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who has waged a battle against a proposed super-tax on millionaires in his native country, has been granted Russian citizenship. A brief announcement on ...

The Kremlin has cast Gerard Depardieu in one of the most surprising roles of his life — as a new Russian citizen. The announcement Thursday that President Vladimir Putin has approved Depardieu's ...

Gerard Depardieu testified that he has been told he has "a Russian nature" for his drinking, during his sexual assault trial. On the second day of the trial in a Paris court, the French actor denied ...

MOSCOW Gerard Depardieu, the French actor who has waged a battle against a proposed super-tax on millionaires in his native country, has been granted Russian citizenship. A brief announcement ...

FILE - In this Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 file photo Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and French actor Gerard Depardieu, left, attend the Russian Museum, in St. Petersburg. Gerard Depardieu, ...

Actor Gerard Depardieu, left, and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, right, in 2010. Depardieu, who has complained about French tax rates, has taken Putin up on his offer of citizenship. MOSCOW — At the ...