"Order granting Russian citizenship to Depardieu. In his first interview thereafter, Depardieu attacked Putin's critics. In his autobiography, Depardieu said Putin ""immediately liked my hooligan side."" In February 2013, he registered as a resident of Saransk. Also in January 2013, he was appointed a cultural ambassador for Montenegro. During the summer of 2015, due to Russian-Ukrainian political issues, Depardieu was banned from television and movie theaters in Ukraine. In August 2018, he was accused of the sexual assault and rape of a young female actress. Via his lawyer, Depardieu denied the allegations. Depardieu has been nominated for the Best Actor"
"for Best Actor. He co-starred in Peter Weir's comedy ""Green Card"" (1990), winning a Golden Globe Award and later acted in many big budget Hollywood movies including Ridley Scott's """" (1992), Kenneth Branagh's ""Hamlet"" (1996), Randall Wallace's ""The Man in the Iron Mask"" (1998), and Ang Lee's ""Life of Pi"" (2012). He is a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur and Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite. He was granted citizenship of Russia in January 2013, and became a cultural ambassador of Montenegro during the same month. Gérard Depardieu was born in Châteauroux, Indre, France. He is one of the"
"rules of citizenship by birth generally follow the principle of jus sanguinis, though a child can be recognized as a Russian citizen in several special cases: Naturalization is usually granted if the applicant meets the following requirements: In certain cases, some or even all of the above requirements can be waived by an Executive Order of the Russian President, as happened on 3 January 2013, when Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order granting Russian citizenship to French-born actor Gérard Depardieu, citing authority granted under Article 89(a) of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Restoration of citizenship is granted"
"will entail administrative sanctions, not criminal persecution and imprisonment as it was before. According to the amendments if a person crosses the border illegally first time he/she is fined for GEL 400, while repeated violation is still a criminal offense posing up to 1 year of imprisonment or minimum GEL 800 fine. In July 2013, reports emerged that the actor Gérard Depardieu would be investigated by Georgian authorities for the violation of law. Georgian Government representative said that ""Depardieu visited Abkhazia’s capital, Sukhumi, and met with the region's separatist leadership on 1 July without preliminary consultations with Tbilisi."" In February"
"nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He has exhibited his photographic work during festivals and in art galleries. For example, his exhibition entitled ""Face to Face"", which featured photographs of Carla Bruni, Johnny Hallyday and Gerard Depardieu, was unveiled at Rencontres d'Arles, an annual photography festival in Arles, France. In December 2012, he exhibited his photographs of dancers of the Bolshoi Ballet at the RuArts in Moscow, Russia. Two years later, in December 2014, he exhibited them again at the Accademia Fine Art Gallery in Monte Carlo, Monaco. He is married to French actress , ex-partner"
"with expectations that the film would release in late 2013. The film actually released in Russia September 2014. The plot revolves around the story of a former gangster Victor Lambert (Gérard Depardieu), a professional thief specializing in the theft of works of art. After serving prison time in France for an art heist, he returns to his Russian home to investigate the circumstances surrounding the brutal murder of his son Jeremy (Jean Baptiste Fillon) three months earlier. He enlists the assistance of his former accomplice Alexandra Ivanov (Elizabeth Hurley). Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a metascore rating of 27, based"
"Viktor (film) Viktor (Russian: Виктор) is a 2014 Franco/Russian film written and directed by Philippe Martinez. Starring Gérard Depardieu and Elizabeth Hurley, the film premiered September 2, 2014, in Moscow and debuted in New York City on October 24, 2014. London-based production company Saradan Media announced May 15, 2013, that Liz Hurley and Gérard Depardieu were about to begin filming an action film project in Russia under a working title of ""Turquoise"" and directed by Philippe Martinez. On May 22, Saradan Media revealed that """"Tourquoise"""" and ""Viktor"" were the same project. Filming began in Grozny on Saturday May 18, 2013,"
"all over the world – (USA, South Africa, France and Estonia). This series achieved very high ratings, with one episode featuring the actor Gérard Depardieu. The Russian TV Channel Channel One secured the film rights for Kivinov's six latest novels – ""Black Gelding"", ""It's Hard to be Macho"", ""Maximum Security Holiday""(""Kanikuli Strogogo Rezhima""), ""Decoy""(""Podsadnoi""), ""Odnoklassnitsa.ru"" and ""Three Days Without Love""(""Tri Dnia bez Lubvi""). ""Maximum Security Holiday"" was released in August 2009 with Russian box-office takings in excess of $17million. ""Odnoklassnitsa.ru"" was released in February 2010 as ""Love under Cover"" (""Lubov pod Prikritiem""). The others are planned for release in 2010–2011."
"the 2040s with an option for another extension, but the Russian State Duma approved the denunciation of this lease agreements unanimously by 433 members of parliament on 31 March 2014. Borders of the Russian Naval Base in the city of Sevastopol and its vicinity has not been clearly identified. On 1 January 2018 Ukraine introduced biometric controls for Russians entering the country. On 22 March 2018 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree that required Russian citizens and ""individuals without citizenship, who come from migration risk countries” (more details were not given) to notify the Ukrainian authorities in advance about"
"a US citizen and in 1990-1991 he studied acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York, periodically coming to the USSR to participate in the filming. He participated in the ""Pop Mechanics"" and theatrical performances of Sergey Kuryokhin. In 1996 he organized in St. Petersburg studio ""Deboshirfilm"", which is the artistic director and teacher of actor-director's workshop. He started his film with the working title ""Donbass knocks at our heart"". In 1998 he became one of the founders of the festival of independent cinema ""Pure Dreams"" held in St. Petersburg. He is married to singer Inna Volkova (born 1964)"
"Russia. In 2012, Kinositi became the official partner of cinema chain Premier Zal. Fyodor Bondarchuk is an owner of three restaurants in Moscow (together with his friends and partners Stepan Mikhalkov, Arkadiy Novikov and Kirill Gusev). Also he opened two restaurants and confectionery in Ekaterinburg. Fyodor Bondarchuk is a popular television host in Russia. His show about the world of cinema aired weekly on the STS TV channel in Russia. His guests in the studio included Oliver Stone, Darren Aronofsky, Michael Bay, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Craig, Til Schweiger etc. In 2003 he received TEFI as the best TV host of"
"Aleksandr Avdeyev (politician) Aleksandr Alekseyevich Avdeyev (; born 8 September 1946 in Kremenchuk, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic) is a Russian and Soviet politician and diplomat. He was the Ambassador of the Soviet Union to Luxembourg from 1987 to 1990, the Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria from 1992 to 1996 and the Ambassador of Russia to France from 2002 to 2008. He later served as the Minister of Culture from 2008 to 2012. Since January 2013, he is the Ambassador of Russia to the Holy See. On 26 January 2010 he met with Vladimir Putin (then the Prime Minister of Russia) to"
"of sports in the Russian Federation Gamba was awarded the Russian Order of Friendship. In early January 2016, he was granted Russian citizenship by President of Russia Vladimir Putin. 82 European Championships (71 kg) - Rostock, Germany 80 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia 80 Dutch Open (71 kg) – Den Haag, Holland 84 Olympic Games (71 kg) - Los Angeles, CA, USA 83 World Championships (71 kg) - Moscow, Russia 83 European Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France 79 World Championships (71 kg) - Paris, France 79 European Championships (71 kg) - Brussels, Belgium 78 Jr. European Championships"
"""brought down by the clunky dialogue and the slow, plodding plot"". Viktor (film) Viktor (Russian: Виктор) is a 2014 Franco/Russian film written and directed by Philippe Martinez. Starring Gérard Depardieu and Elizabeth Hurley, the film premiered September 2, 2014, in Moscow and debuted in New York City on October 24, 2014. London-based production company Saradan Media announced May 15, 2013, that Liz Hurley and Gérard Depardieu were about to begin filming an action film project in Russia under a working title of ""Turquoise"" and directed by Philippe Martinez. On May 22, Saradan Media revealed that """"Tourquoise"""" and ""Viktor"" were the"
"star Anna Zak; actress Anastassia Michaeli (converted to Orthodox Judaism), who served as a Parliament member between 2009 and 2013; Footballer Alexander Uvarov who was naturalized in 2004; famous actress ; Actor Kirill Safonov; poet and composer Yuliy Kim, and many others. Their religious affiliation is largely atheist or Non-religious, though about 40,000 follow the Russian Orthodox Church according to recent census and it is estimated about 10,000 are embracing Messianic Judaism. A notable number of the community have also underwent conversion to Orthodox Judaism due to affiliation to the Jewish community through their ancestry or because of marriage. Russians"
"to Oksana Grigorishina, with three children and lives in Moscow. Grigorishin has an art collection estimated to be worth $300 million. In 2017, it was reported in ""The Guardian"" that Grigorishin had acquired Cypriot citizenship in 2010 through a ""Golden visa"" scheme. Konstantin Grigorishin Konstantin Grigorishin (born 16 November 1965) is a Russian billionaire businessman and art collector from Ukraine. Native of Zaporizhia, his Ukrainian citizenship Grigorishin received only 2016. Grigorishin was born on 16 November 1965, in Ukraine, and earned a master's degree from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. Grigorishin became wealthy selling metallurgy products from Ukraine"
"Russian citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other countries placed on citizens of Russia. In 2016, Russian citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 105 countries and territories, ranking the Russian passport 48th in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index. Smirnov was born on RSFSR territory in 1950. In 1979, he married and moved his permanent residence to the Lithuanian SSR. He divorced in 1992 and returned to the RSFSR on December 8, 1992. He then applied for a notice of Russian citizenship in his passport, but this was rejected by executive officers. His claim"
"of ex-Soviet republics easier. Many residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia applied for citizenship voluntarily. In 2008 the majority of the residents of South Ossetia were Russian citizens holding Russian passports. According to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, he would ""protect the life and dignity of Russian citizens wherever they are"". From the viewpoint of Russian constitutional law, the legal position of Russian passport-holders in South Ossetia is the same as that of Russian citizens living in Russia. According to an EU report, this position is inconsistent with international law (which considers the vast majority of allegedly-naturalised persons as not Russian"
"local populace (13 in Ukrainian government-controlled areas) suffered many fewer casualties than in 2015. The new year, however, brought a new eruption of heavy fighting, starting on 29 January 2017, centred on the Ukrainian army-controlled city of Avdiivka. On 18 February 2017, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a decree whereby the Russian authorities would recognise personal and vehicle-registration documents issued by the DPR and LPR. The presidential decree referred to ""permanent residents of certain areas of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts"", without any mention of the self-proclaimed People's Republics. Ukrainian authorities decried the decree as being directly contradictory to the"
"the separation. He currently lives and works between the French capital, Paris, and Maubourguet in Southern France. His work is held in a number of significant public and private collections, including the Tate national collection. 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 1999 Andrei Molodkin Andrei Molodkin (born 1966) is a Russian born conceptual artist living and working in Paris, France. Molodkin was born in Buy, Kostroma Oblast, a small town in North-Western Russia. He served in the Soviet Army for two years from 1985-7 transporting missiles across Siberia. He later graduated from"
"desert. The film debuted on 18 May 2017, the anniversary of the Sürgün. Originally the film was supposed to be filmed in Crimea, but after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014 it was decided that the filming would be done in mainland Ukraine and Georgia. On 29 May 2018, he released a statement in support of Oleg Sentsov, a film director arrested in Russian-controlled Crimea. He is married to actress Ivanna Dyadyur, and has three children. Akhtem Seitablayev Akhtem Seitablayev (; born 11 December 1972 in Yangiyo‘l, Uzbek SSR) is a Crimean-Tatar actor, screenwriter, and film"
"in Paris. In 2007, he represented the Russian Federation at the 52nd Biennial of Contemporary Art in Venice. In 2009, he implemented a special project, ""Subtitsiano (Ascent submarine in the Grand Canal)"" at the 53rd Biennial of Contemporary Art in Venice. He is a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts. In 2016 he signed the pptArt Manifesto. In 2008 the French government named him an ""Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters"" (). he lives and works in Moscow. Alexander Evgenievich Ponomarev Alexander Ponomarev (born 1957, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR) is a multidisciplinary contemporary visual artist. He was"
"Therefore, registration of permanent residence was equivalent to obtaining residence permits in Russia. The Russian Federation has a treaty with Kazakhstan and a treaty with Kyrgyzstan. There is also a multilateral treaty among the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and the Republic of Belarus. Citizens of the respective states that come to Russia for permanent residence have the right to obtain Russian citizenship if they: Until the end of 2003, those treaties were ignored by Russian executive authorities. Presidential Decree N 1545 provided some means for implementation of the treaties. However, the decree requires that the applicant provide evidence that the"
"2012 film ""White Tiger"" was selected as the Russian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. In March 2014 he signed a letter in support of the position of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin on the situation in Ukraine and Crimea. For this he was banned from entering Ukraine. Karen Shakhnazarov is one of several living descendants of the famous Melik-Shahnazarian princely family from Nagorno-Karabakh. The Melik-Shahnazarians ruled Nagorno-Karabakh's province of Varanda in medieval and modern times. Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov, PAR (; born 8"
"Oprah Winfrey and Tom Hanks among others. Miller lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He has two sisters, Leigh and Gillian. He holds dual British and US citizenship by virtue of his birth in the United Kingdom to American parents. In 2007, Miller denied to ""InStyle"" magazine that he was gay. However, he came out as gay in August 2013, when he posted a letter on GLAAD's website declining an invitation to attend the Saint Petersburg International Film Festival because he felt ""deeply troubled"" by the Russian government's treatment of its gay citizens (referring to Russian LGBT propaganda law enacted"
"his wife Natalia (Irina Starshenbaum), as well as the formation of the Leningrad Rock Club and the recording of Tsoi's first album, ""45"". Filming began in July 2017 in St. Petersburg and continued until the end of August, when Serebrennikov was arrested and deported to Moscow on charges of fraud, and then placed under house arrest. Nevertheless, by February 2018 he managed to finish the film without violating the prohibitions imposed by the court, as he finished his work using a computer not connected to the internet. A few unfinished scenes were finished using his notes and based on previous"
"2017), Qatar (22 June 2017), Gabon (12 October 2017), Rwanda (1 January 2018), and Benin (15 March 2018). Russian citizens were made eligible for eVisas by Singapore (December 2009), Sri Lanka (January 2012), Montserrat (September 2012), São Tomé and Príncipe (2012), Myanmar (1 September 2014), India made Russian citizens eligible for the e-Visa (27 November 2014), Kenya (2 July 2015), Gabon (15 June 2015), Australia (Electronic Visitor visa from 1 October 2015), Lesotho (1 May 2017), Saint Helena (2018), Djibouti (18 February 2018), Oman (7 May 2018) and Tanzania (26 November 2018). The following countries/territories have reinstated visa requirements for"
"from Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius, holding EU passports, now live in London, Dublin and other cities in the UK and Ireland. They make up a substantial part of the Russian-speaking community in London. No reliable statistics on their exact numbers exist, as in the UK they are counted as nationals of the Baltic countries, and not as Russians. In 2012, Dimitri Medvedev issued a repatriation program designed to resettle ethnic Russians from abroad. So far 10,000 families have settled in the Russian Federation, mostly to Pskov Oblast. After regaining independence in 1991, Latvia and Estonia restored the pre-1940 citizenship laws"
"February 2016, the painting ""Freedom!"" by Evsey Moiseenko was transferred to the exhibition at Yad Vashem, Israel’s national memorial to the victims and heroes of the Holocaust, for a period of 15 years. In June 2016, the fund signed an agreement with the Montagu family about establishment of a new permanent gallery of Russian art at Beaulieu, in Hampshire. The exhibition is expected to open in July 2016. In August 2016, Art Russe funded the creation of a tapestry to be woven from a watercolour painting by Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh. In November 2016,"
"de facto states that marriage is a union of a man and a woman. In June 2013, parliament unanimously adopted a law banning promotion among children of ""propaganda of nontraditional sexual relationships,"" meaning lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) relationships. Violators risk stiff fines, and in the case of foreigners, up to 15 days’ detention and deportation. Beginning in 2006, similar laws outlawing ""propaganda of homosexuality"" among children were passed in 11 Russian regions. Critics contend the law makes illegal holding any sort of public demonstration in favour of gay rights, speak in defence of LGBT rights, and distribute material"
"On 18 November 2011, in his Live Journal blog Devotchenko announced that he refused the title Honored Artist of Russia and the two State Prizes of Russia, and called on cultural figures to boycott events that support the Russian government. In March 2014, he signed a letter ""We are with you!"" opposing the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. On 5 November 2014, Aleksey Devotchenko was found dead in a pool of blood in his apartment in Moscow. Aleksey Devotchenko Aleksey Valerievich Devotchenko (Алексе́й Вале́рьевич Дево́тченко 14 October 1965 – 5 November 2014) was a Russian actor and activist. Born in"
"near the border between Georgia and Russia) for the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Paralympics, the first Winter Olympic Games to ever be hosted by Russia. Likewise, in 2008, the city of Kazan won the bid for the 2013 Summer Universiade, and on 2 December 2010 Russia won the right to host the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup, also for the first time in Russian history. In 2013, Putin stated that gay athletes would not face any discrimination at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Putin is chairman of the Russian Geographical Society's board of"
"and pedestrians aware of traffic rules. A zebra crossing immediately outside the Russian Embassy in Helsinki was painted in summer 2013 with the colours of the rainbow in protest the Russian government's policy towards lesbian and gay people, the rainbow being one symbol of the LGBT culture. A similar protest has also been made on a zebra crossing near the Russian Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2018 in Paris, the authorities decided to paint some crossings with rainbow borders for the Pride; those were supposed to be temporary, but after homophobic vandalism, the municipality declared that the rainbow stripes would"