Film star Gerard Depardieu has announced he wants to make a movie in Chechnya after dining and dancing with the volatile region’s strong-arm leader.
Depardieu abandoned his homeland of France to avoid a planned 75 per cent tax on millionaires. He moved to Belgium last year but then continued east to Russia, where Putin granted him citizenship.
The two men were shown on state television shaking hands and hugging.
The day after registering as a resident of the Russian city of Saransk on Saturday, he flew to the Chechen capital, Grozny, and was shown on television at a feast with regional leader Ramzan Kadyrov. – (Reuters)