French actor Gerard Depardieu, who was granted Russian citizenship, showing his Russian passport while wearing a Mordovian national shirt at the Theater of Opera and Ballet in Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, who was granted Russian citizenship, showing his Russian passport while wearing a Mordovian national shirt at the Theater of Opera and Ballet in Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu shows off his Russian passport during a visit to Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, left, shows off his Russian passport during a visit to Saransk. Right: Mordovia's head Vladimir Volkov.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, left, who has been granted Russian citizenship, visits Saransk. Right: Mordovia's head Vladimir Volkov.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, center, who has been granted Russian citizenship, at the Saransk local history museum. Foreground right: Mordovia's head Vladimir Volkov.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, right, who has been granted Russian citizenship, visits Saransk. Left: Mordovia's head Vladimir Volkov.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, center, who has been granted Russian citizenship, after visiting the Cathedral of St. Feodor Ushakov, Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, center, who has been granted Russian citizenship, at the Republic House in Saransk. Right: Mordovia's head Vladimir Volkov. Left: Saransk Mayor Pyotr Tultayev.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has been granted Russian citizenship, visits Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, right, who has been granted Russian citizenship, visits Saransk. Left: Mordovia's head Vladimir Volkov.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has been granted Russian citizenship, at the Republic House in Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has been granted Russian citizenship, at the Republic House in Saransk during a meeting with Mordovia's head Vladimir Volkov.

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Head of Mordovia Vladimir Volkov (left) at the Republic House where he gave a carved figurine to French actor Gerard Depardieu, who was granted Russian citizenship.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu (right), who was granted Russian citizenship, and the head of Mordovia Vladimir Volkov during a meeting in the Republic House in Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu (right), who was granted Russian citizenship, and the head of Mordovia Vladimir Volkov during a meeting in the Republic House in Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu (right), who was granted Russian citizenship, and the head of Mordovia Vladimir Volkov (left) during a press appearance in the Republic House in Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu (right), who was granted Russian citizenship, and the head of Mordovia Vladimir Volkov (left) during a press appearance in the Republic House in Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, who was granted Russian citizenship, during an appearance before the press before a meeting with the head of Mordovia Vladimir Volkov in the Republic House in Saransk.

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From left: French actor Gerard Depardieu, who was recently granted the Russian citizenship, and Mordovia head Vladimir Volkov visit the monument to Yemelyan Pugachyov in Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu, who was granted Russian citizenship, puts on a Mordovian national shirt on stage in the Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu (left), who was granted Russian citizenship, looks at his Russian passport with his translator while wearing a Mordovian national shirt on stage in the Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu (right), who was granted Russian citizenship, and the head of Mordovia Vladimir Volkov on stage in the Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Saransk.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu (left), who was granted Russian citizenship, is presented by the head of Mordovia with kittens to have enter his new Saransk apartment first, which by popular tradition brings good luck.

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French actor Gerard Depardieu (right), who was granted Russian citizenship, shows his new Russian passport in the Saransk airport.

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