If the French actor Gerard Depardieu wishes to be granted a Russian residence permit or a Russian passport, he can consider this guaranteed, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"If Gerard truly wants to have either a Russian residence permit or a Russian passport, let's consider this issue settled positively," Putin said at a press conference on Thursday.
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