Depardieu closes production center in Russia

Actor Gerard Depardieu closes his “Gerard Depardieu Production Center” in Moscow due to a pause in projects. About it TASS said the producer of the actor Arno Frilli. If more specifics on the projects become available, a new structure could be opened, Mr Frilli said, noting that the closure “is in no way related to the current situation due to the crisis in Ukraine.”

“This structure was created for the development of audiovisual projects. Without vigorous activity, this system is useless, since it requires expenses even during the downtime, ”said the producer.

On January 1, 2013, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree granting Mr. Depardieu Russian citizenship. The actor at the same time retained French citizenship. Later, the artist, permanently residing outside of Russia, received registration in Saransk.

The fact that Gerard Depardieu created a production center in Russia became known summer 2017 from the SPARK-Interfax database. LLC was registered in the Kuntsevo district at the address Zagorskogo passage, house 7 building 2.

This year, State Duma deputy Sultan Khamzaev proposed depriving the actor of Russian citizenship. Mr. Depardieu, after the start of the military operation in Ukraine, called for “laying down arms” and negotiating, and also spoke of “insane excesses.” In the Kremlin consideredthat the actor, most likely, does not understand the whole background of the military operation in Ukraine.

Maria Fedotova

Producer: closure of the production center