The iconic French actor was happy to be granted Russian citizenship: Depardieu said that he loves Russia and promised to learn Russian and settle miles away from Moscow, in the city of Saransk. A YouTube video shows him shouting in broken Russian ‘Glory to Ramzan!’ at a public celebration of the Chechen leader's birthday in the Chechen capital Grozny.
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